Coinbase · 2 days ago
Senior Staff Protocol Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$254K/yr - $299K/yr
10+ years expCoinbase is an innovative company focused on building an open, global crypto economy. They are seeking a Senior Staff Protocol Engineer to join the Base Protocols team, responsible for enhancing the throughput of the Base chain and contributing to the open-source OP Stack. This role involves leading research and development initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving technical direction to scale the platform effectively.
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Responsibilities
Lead the research and development of new initiatives for improving and scaling Base's throughput
Hack on both execution and consensus client internals (geth, reth, lighthouse, etc.) to extend capacity and capabilities of these systems well beyond current standards
Improve OP stack through efforts such as reducing the footprint of data that needs to be made L1-available
Helping with important external scaling efforts such as PeerDAS
Drive the technical direction, establish roadmaps, communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams and the wider Ethereum ecosystem to define requirements, and ensure alignment with project goals while taking a proactive approach
Qualification
Required
You have at least 10+ years of experience in software engineering, and a background of research in scaling, parallelization, protocols, or distributed databases
A track record of proven leadership around successfully scaling an existing high throughput system
Some understanding of EVM and client software, such as geth or reth internals (deep understanding of either a huge plus)
Familiarity with database internals and high performance database systems
Understanding of the Ethereum scaling roadmap, and onchain-forward knowledge more generally
You're familiar with current trends and best practices in architecture including security, performance, and usability
You have executive communication skills to work crossfunctionally and collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers
Preferred
You have a PhD with emphasis in Distributed Systems or similar
Experience in software parallelization, including but not limited to optimistic concurrency and operation pipelining
Understanding of optimized approaches to Ethereum state management such as Erigon/Reth's flat DB, FirewoodDB, MonadDB, etc
Understanding of compilers and JIT compilation
Deep Rust and/or Go experience
Active contributions to open source onchain projects
You've written publications, have patents or have deep a deep research background
Benefits
Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
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
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementTiger Global ManagementIVP
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M
2024-03-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
Leadership Team
Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
Alesia Haas
CFO
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