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Staff Software Engineer- Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging

Coinbase· Platform
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Hybrid (Remote USA)$218k - $256.5kfull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Staff-level role owning the architecture, roadmap, and technical direction for Coinbase's wallet, liquidity, and bridging systems within the Platform organization. Focus on building scalable backend Go services that manage cross-chain transactions, liquidity orchestration, and bridging across 55+ blockchain protocols, with emphasis on reliability, security, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Coinbase's wallet, liquidity, and bridging systems, defining how these platforms evolve to support new chains, assets, and product use cases at scale.
  • Build and evolve the distributed backend systems (Go) that orchestrate liquidity movements, cross-chain bridging, and transaction lifecycle management across custodial and non-custodial flows.
  • Drive service-oriented architecture improvements by decomposing legacy systems into modular, reusable platform services that reduce complexity and accelerate integration for downstream product teams.
  • Partner with Trading, Custody, Staking, and cross-platform engineering teams to define integration contracts, resolve cross-team dependencies, and align wallet infrastructure with company-wide architectural standards.
  • Lead reliability and operational excellence for wallet services, owning observability, incident response, and systemic improvements that prevent recurring failures across Tier-0 systems.
  • Shape engineering standards and technical culture across the team and broader Blockchain Platform organization through design reviews, architectural RFCs, and mentoring engineers on best practices.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in Go and designing large-scale, service-oriented distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated track record of architecting and operating production backend services that handle high-throughput transaction volumes with strict correctness and reliability requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with blockchain technologies, including transaction construction, signing, broadcasting, key management, or cross-chain bridging across protocols like Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Solana.
  • Proven history of decomposing monolithic systems into scalable microservices or platform primitives that multiple teams depend on.
  • Track record of influencing technical direction across teams without direct authority, including driving architectural decisions, leading cross-team initiatives, and representing your area in org-level forums.
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Skills

Required:GoDistributed backend systemsBlockchain technologies

Benefits

  • Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions
  • Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period
  • 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
  • The option of getting paid in digital currency
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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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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