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Senior Software Engineer- Blockchain Platform (Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging)

Coinbase· Platform (Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging)
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Remote$186.1k - $218.9kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer on the Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging team within the Platform organization. Builds and operates wallet systems, liquidity orchestration, and bridging infrastructure to move crypto assets across 55+ blockchain protocols. Designs and builds distributed backend systems for on-chain transactions with a focus on reliability, correctness, and multi-chain scalability.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and delivery of backend services (Go) that power wallet operations, liquidity movements, and cross-chain bridging across custodial and non-custodial flows.
  • Build and improve the distributed systems that manage transaction lifecycle, signing, broadcasting, and on-chain reconciliation across multiple blockchain protocols including Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana.
  • Drive reliability and observability improvements for wallet services, contributing to incident response, post-mortems, and systemic fixes that strengthen Tier-0 system availability.
  • Partner with Trading, Custody, Staking, and cross-platform teams to integrate wallet services with downstream products, defining clear contracts and resolving cross-team dependencies.
  • Execute service decomposition and architecture improvements that break down legacy systems into modular, reusable platform services other teams can build on.
  • Support engineering quality across the team through rigorous code reviews, design feedback, and sharing knowledge on architectural patterns and coding standards.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with proficiency in Go and hands-on experience designing and operating service-oriented distributed systems.
  • Demonstrated experience building, scaling, and maintaining production backend services with strict correctness and reliability requirements.
  • Familiarity with blockchain technologies such as transaction construction, on-chain data indexing, or cross-chain integrations across protocols like Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Solana.
  • Experience decomposing monolithic systems into scalable microservices or contributing to platform architecture that multiple teams depend on.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across teams, communicate technical trade-offs clearly, and drive projects from design through production with autonomy.
  • 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 knowledge

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 Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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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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