19 hours ago
Base Salary
$186k - $219k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operate foundational data services for storage, processing, orchestration, streaming, query federation, and real-time event aggregation.
- Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by internal services and product teams.
- Deliver self-service applications for managing, monitoring, and troubleshooting data pipelines.
- Architect data security and observability services covering access controls, quality tracking, cataloging, lineage, and usage auditing.
- Partner with data analysts, ML engineers, and security and compliance teams to develop reusable data platform patterns and microservices.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of backend software engineering experience, including production experience building and operating data systems or pipelines.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java for backend development and scalable data services.
- Experience with scale-out architectures, caching layers, key/value stores, and columnar storage systems.
- Production experience with SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, or similar data processing and orchestration frameworks.
- Experience with data security, access control, or data observability systems, including cataloging, lineage, or quality monitoring.
- Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Benefits
- Remote-first, but not remote-only work arrangement, with quarterly in-person working sessions called surges.
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity eligibility, and bonus eligibility are available in addition to base salary.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
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.