Senior Software Engineer, Coinbase
Backend, Platform
$180.6-212k
+ target bonus and target equity
Digital currency exchange
Job no longer available
Digital currency exchange
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$180.6-212k
+ target bonus and target equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- 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
Desirable
- You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size)
- Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks
- You have experience with Blockchain technology (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc..)
- You have experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices
- You’ve worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or DynamoDB
- You’ve built financial, high reliability or security systems
What the job involves
- Coinbase is seeking Senior Backend Engineers to join our teams within the Platform Product Group
- The Platform Product Group’s mission is to build a trusted, scalable, and compliant platform to maximize velocity, efficiency and quality
- They build the foundations that can be used by multiple products and teams at Coinbase so that users can have a consistent and high-quality experience
- We are currently hiring for senior level contributors for our Identity and crypto forward Nodes teams
- As an engineer at Coinbase, you will be building out the next generation of crypto-forward products and features
- Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang
- Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices
- Articulate a long term vision for maintaining and scaling our backend systems and the teams running them
- Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
- Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers
Our take
Coinbase has built a reputation as one of the most accessible entry points into the world of cryptocurrency. With features like crypto wallets, direct bank account linking, and merchant payment tools, it's helping bring crypto into the mainstream. But the company isn't just relying on its early success, it's evolving fast to stay relevant in a rapidly changing market.
For example, its doubled down on institutional clients, now serving as the custodian for the majority of approved Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Its Prime platform also offers a full suite of services for hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions. As demand for regulated crypto products rise globally (particularly in Asia), Coinbase is ready to expand.
Its also making moves to engage with younger audiences, by partnering with Riot Games to sponsor global eSports events for League of Legends and Valorant. This partnership highlights Coinbase's strategy to integrate Web 3.0 technologies into mainstream entertainment, aiming to bridge the gap between gaming and cryptocurrency for a new generation of users.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2017
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $528.5m
Leadership
Brian Armstrong
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded UniversityTutor.com, also worked as a Software Engineer at AirBnb
Alessia Haas
(CFO)Previously held various head positions, including VP at GE Healthcare, Director at Merrill Lynch and CFO at CIT Bank and Oz Management
Share this job
View 129 more jobs at Coinbase