2 months ago
Base Salary
$218k - $257k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the design, development, and automation of routing infrastructure for Kubernetes backends at scale.
- Build routing capabilities on Envoy-based reverse proxies, Istio gateways, Ambient mesh, and SPIFFE service authentication.
- Improve the latency, reliability, scalability, and performance of application routing systems across Coinbase’s production environment.
- Shape the paved-road developer experience for operating applications, including AI-driven tooling, processes, and support.
- Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams on cross-cutting platform requirements.
- Diagnose complex distributed-systems issues, identify root causes, and drive resolutions independently.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering and infrastructure roles.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with application routing technologies, including reverse proxies, ingress controllers, CDN/WAF, and service mesh.
- Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java, with experience building and shipping production-grade infrastructure services.
- Experience scaling backend infrastructure on AWS, with knowledge of networking, compute, and container orchestration services.
- Deep familiarity with the CNCF ecosystem, including Kubernetes, Envoy, and Istio, with experience extending or contributing to these technologies in production.
- Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight and apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows to improve efficiency, reliability, or developer velocity.
Benefits
- Remote-first, but not remote-only, with quarterly in-person working sessions called surges.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity, and bonus eligibility; equity and bonus are excluded from the stated base salary.
About Coinbase
Coinbase builds a cryptocurrency platform for consumers, institutions, and developers to buy, sell, store, and use digital assets. Its products include the Coinbase app/exchange, Coinbase Prime for institutions, custody services, and developer APIs, and it earns primarily from transaction fees and subscriptions. Founded in 2012 and now remote-first, Coinbase is a public company (NASDAQ: COIN) serving major crypto markets in the U.S. and abroad.