Coinbase · 3 months ago
Senior Software Engineer - Identity
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$186K/yr - $219K/yr
5+ years expCoinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform for the future global financial system. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to architect and deliver platform services for multi-entity account and identity management, while leading the evolution of user and organization models across all products. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance security, performance, and compliance of their systems.
BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and deliver platform services enabling seamless, secure, multi-entity account and identity management at Coinbase
Lead the evolution from fragmented user/org models to a unified Account abstraction—defining APIs, data models, and best practices adopted by every Coinbase product
Own design and reliability of business-critical Tier-0/Tier-1 backend systems used by millions of customers
Champion technical excellence—drive code/design reviews, set engineering standards, and help shape the team’s technical culture
Mentor, inspire, and level-up engineers across the team, creating a multiplier effect on developer velocity and platform reliability
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infra, SRE, and compliance teams to deliver secure, observable, and extensible solutions
Proactively identify opportunities for platformization, refactor legacy components, improve performance, and harden security and compliance
Deliver solutions that make adding new entity types (e.g. org, partner, vertical) fast and easy—future-proofing Coinbase’s growth
Qualification
Required
You have at least 5+ years of experience in software engineering
You've designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture
You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers
You're passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together
Preferred
You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size)
You have experience with Blockchains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc.)
You have experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices
You've worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or Redshift
You've built financial, high reliability or security systems
You have Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services
Benefits
Target bonus
Target equity
Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Company
Coinbase
Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.46BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementTiger Global ManagementIVP
2025-12-19Post Ipo Equity· $4.2M
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M
Leadership Team
Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
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