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Senior Software Engineer

Coinbase· Advanced Trading, Consumer & Business
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Remote$186.1k - $218.9kfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior Backend Engineer on Coinbase's Advanced Trading team, focusing on design, development, and reliability of high-performance backend services to scale trading products globally. Responsible for social/asset discovery and real-time notification experiences, rapid experimentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end design, development, and reliability of high-performance backend services using Golang and gRPC, enabling seamless trading experiences for customers worldwide.
  • Lead rapid experimentation and optimization of conversion funnels for key trading journeys, using data to prioritize high-impact opportunities.
  • Drive accelerated time to market for new features by making system design trade-offs across performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Champion software engineering best practices in design, coding, testing, documentation, monitoring, and alerting, raising the bar for the team.
  • Partner cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and designers across multiple time zones to translate product vision into quarterly roadmaps and high-impact outcomes.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production systems, with significant experience in Golang and gRPC.
  • Proven track record designing scalable service architectures and making system design trade-offs across performance, reliability, and maintainability in high-throughput environments.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, or similar cloud infrastructure tools, and working knowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ, or similar).
  • Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases, third-party API integrations, and modern development practices including GraphQL and ETL pipelines.
  • Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous, multi-quarter projects from concept to production with minimal guidance and sound technical judgment.
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Skills

Required:GolanggRPCAWSKubernetesSQLCross-functional collaboration
Nice to have:TerraformDatadogNoSQLGraphQLETL pipelinesEvent-driven architecturesGenerative AI

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 22, 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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