3 hours ago
Base Salary
$218k - $257k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver distributed backend systems and foundational infrastructure using Go, gRPC, TypeScript, and React.
- Define technical direction and strategic roadmaps, translating ambiguous problems into architectural plans with measurable outcomes.
- Build and scale reliable services for CX agent workflows and compliance processes, owning delivery from design through production deployment.
- Mentor engineers on design, coding standards, testing, and operational practices.
- Partner with cross-functional teams across time zones to identify improvements, anticipate issues, and communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience architecting and delivering distributed systems.
- Deep proficiency in Go and experience building scalable, high-traffic backend services in production.
- Experience with API development using gRPC and GraphQL, event-driven architectures using Kafka and MQ, and SQL or NoSQL databases.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD tooling such as BuildKite, and production infrastructure capabilities including rate limiting, caching, load balancing, circuit breakers, metrics, logging, and tracing.
- Proven ability to lead technical projects end to end, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions across teams without direct authority.
Benefits
- Remote-first, but not remote-only, with quarterly in-person working sessions called surges.
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity eligibility, and bonus eligibility are available as part of total compensation.
- Annual base salary range is $218,025—$256,500 USD, excluding equity and bonus.
- Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
Tech Stack
About Coinbase
Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world. The most trusted crypto platform, Coinbase stores more digital assets than any other company and is building the everything exchange — one place to access crypto, equities, derivatives, prediction markets, and more. Coinbase serves consumers through its suite of financial apps, institutions through Coinbase Prime, and developers through the Coinbase Developer Platform. Every experience runs on Coinbase's full-stack platform powering the future of finance: secure custody, deep exchange liquidity, stablecoin infrastructure, and global settlement rails — all built on a decade-plus foundation of security and compliance.