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Senior Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

Coinbase· Developer Infrastructure
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Remote$186.1k - $218.9kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Senior software engineer role focused on building and operating core developer infrastructure services (CI, build systems, deployment orchestration, test infrastructure) at Coinbase. Remote-first, team-fit assignment, with emphasis on reliability, security, and scalability across thousands of engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate core developer infrastructure services across CI, build systems, deployment orchestration, and test infrastructure.
  • Improve key engineering productivity metrics, including build and CI time, deploy speed and safety, and test feedback quality.
  • Own services end to end, including architecture, observability, SLOs, and on-call operations.
  • Partner with engineering teams across Coinbase to understand pain points and turn them into platform improvements.
  • Lead technical design for cross-cutting projects and drive them through production.
  • Mentor engineers and help shape the technical direction of the platform.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years building and operating production software, with strong distributed systems fundamentals and proficiency in Go or a similar language.
  • Track record of shipping high-impact backend or platform systems with ownership from design through production.
  • Strong operational instincts with a focus on reliability, security, and observability.
  • Clear communication and the ability to drive projects independently while collaborating across teams.
  • Customer-focused mindset, with success measured by impact on other engineers.
  • Experience in developer infrastructure or platform domains such as CI/CD, build systems, release tooling, test infrastructure, or developer productivity.
  • Experience operating at scale with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and containers.
  • Depth in areas such as build systems, remote execution, progressive delivery, or test optimization.
  • Experience with observability and performance tooling such as Datadog.
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Skills

Required:Go or similar languageDistributed systemsCI/CDKubernetesAWS

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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