Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform) Coinbase is seeking Senior Backend Engineers to join our Platform Product Group, which aims to build a trusted, scalable, and compliant platform to maximize velocity, efficiency, and quality. These engineers will work on foundational systems used by multiple Coinbase products, ensuring a consistent and high-quality user experience. Current openings are for our Finhub and Identity teams.

As part of Coinbase, you will develop next-generation crypto-forward products, solving complex technical challenges at web-scale and blockchain technology constraints. You will contribute to systems that make cryptocurrency accessible globally, operating real-time, high-frequency, low-latency applications within a secure, cloud-based infrastructure.

Responsibilities include:

Building new services with Golang to address critical product and business needs.

Designing scalable systems using modern cloud technologies and best practices.

Planning long-term strategies for maintaining and scaling backend systems and teams.

Collaborating with engineers, designers, product managers, and leadership to develop quarterly roadmaps.

Writing high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.

Ideal candidates will have:

At least 5 years of software engineering experience.

Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services with service-oriented architecture.

A passion for building an open financial system that unites the world.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with rapid company growth (startup to mid-size).

Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.

Blockchain technology experience (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).

Experience decomposing monoliths into microservices.

Proficiency with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.

Experience building financial, high-reliability, or security systems.

Crypto-forward experience, including onchain activities, ENS, dApps, or blockchain services.

*Crypto-related questions may be used to assess your onchain experience.

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