Staff Software Engineer (Platform - Product Foundations)
Coinbase
about 5 hours ago
Remote, United States
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$218k - $257k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Drive strategic technical direction for complex, cross-team initiatives.
- Establish and evolve platform best practices, frameworks, and architectural standards within the team.
- Provide deep technical mentorship, guide design decisions, and raise the bar for engineering quality.
- Collaborate with product, finance, and engineering leadership to shape the team's technical roadmap.
- Drive system improvements by embedding AI into engineering and operational practices.
Requirements
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java) and cloud-native architecture.
- Proven track record designing highly available, high-performance systems.
- Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and take proactive measures.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
- Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear, actionable solutions.
- Demonstrates responsible use of generative AI tools in daily workflows.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBDockerGoJavaMongoDBPostgreSQLPythonRubyRuby on Rails
Categories
AI & MLBackend