Senior Staff Software Engineer - Blockchain Platform
About the role
Senior Staff Software Engineer to define the technical vision for Coinbase's Blockchain Platform, building and operating nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems across 60+ blockchains and 300+ tokens. Focus on wallet stack, indexing infrastructure, and asset identifier systems, enabling fast, cost-efficient, secure on-chain transactions at global scale.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy for Blockchain Platform, spanning nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle, to support new chain integrations, new products, and growth in onchain transaction volume.
- Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure, including nodes, indexers, wallet systems, and liquidity primitives, for high availability, low latency, cost efficiency, and security at global scale.
- Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large, cross-team architectural initiatives (e.g., wallet stack rearchitecture, indexing stack redesign, asset identifier system), breaking high ambiguity into milestones and measurable outcomes.
- Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability across all crypto asset operations, including transaction finality, key management, reconciliation, and failure-mode handling.
- Own data-driven reliability improvements by using observability signals to identify structural platform gaps and lead remediation.
- Represent Blockchain Platform in executive and cross-org forums, communicating tradeoffs, aligning stakeholders on strategy, and securing buy-in for high-impact technical bets in areas like Yield and Stablecoins.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years at staff-plus level designing and scaling high-throughput transaction systems with strong auditability, idempotency, and financial precision.
- Hands-on experience with one or more blockchain protocols at the node or protocol level (e.g., EVM chains, Solana, Bitcoin, L2s), with depth in staking infrastructure, bridging protocols, or tokenization systems.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale, multi-team architectural initiatives from design through production at a company operating critical infrastructure at global scale.
- Experience applying AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil in platform or infrastructure contexts, with measurable efficiency or reliability gains.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Skills
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with generous employee contributions
- Health Savings Account with company contributions
- Disability and Life Insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Wellness Stipend
- Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
- Volunteer Time Off
- Fertility Counseling and Benefits
- Generous Time off/Leave Policy
- Option of getting paid in digital currency
About Coinbase
Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.
Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.
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