Coinbase · 9 hours ago
Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$152K/yr - $179K/yr
2+ years expCoinbase is a company dedicated to increasing economic freedom through blockchain technology. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Server Foundations team, responsible for enhancing the software development framework and improving backend engineering efficiency.
BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTechTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain software development framework and other shared libraries for Coinbase’s backend engineers
Implement customer-focused abstractions that simplify and standardize the way we offer features
Responsible for the performance, automation and standardization of gRPC services
Learn and continue to foster an understanding of the long-term needs of our backend engineering infrastructure
Contribute to technical decisions providing design justification, coordination, and collaboration with other teams in the organization
Communicate to gather requirements for backend development framework offerings and capabilities, and to understand gaps and improvements
Produce professional documentation and diagrams to clearly and concisely communicate concepts and architectures to infrastructure colleagues, in addition to our users
Manage and assist in the resolution of complicated technical problems and incidents, provide appropriate communication and escalation
Support and maintain our current infrastructure offerings to maintain a high level of service and availability to the rest of the organization
Develop strong and effective working relationships with the rest of the Infrastructure organization, Security, business partners, stakeholders and vendors
Keep up to date with current developments and best practices within our domain and make bold and forward-looking recommendations
Qualification
Required
You have at least 2+ years of software engineering experience and experience with building large scale backend systems
Showcase strong proficiency within a modern tech stack, like Go for languages and gRPC for communication
Experience building shared libraries, frameworks for large organizations
Have experience refactoring legacy codebases, isolating and decommissioning unused logic
Ability to hold a high bar for quality, are a self starter, and have strong interpersonal skills
Strong problem solving skills and ability to identify problems, determine their root cause, and see them through to solution
Ability to balance business needs with technical solutions
Have experience scaling backend infrastructure
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
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (181)
2024 (92)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementDFJ Growth,DG VENTURESTiger Global Management
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
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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