Software Engineer, Site Reliability - Platform at Coinbase Careers Page

, , Canada -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Feb, 26

Salary

149500.0

Posted On

13 Nov, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming, Golang, Java, C#, Observability, Debugging, Performance Tuning, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Critical Thinking, Automation, Cloud Deployments, Incident Response, NoSQL, SQL

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems. Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported. We are looking for a Software Engineer, Site Reliability to join our Observability team. The Observability team lives within our Infrastructure org in the Platform Product Group. The mission of the Platform Product Group is to build a trusted, scalable and compliant platform to operate with speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams build and maintain the platforms critical to the existence of Coinbase. As a Software Engineer, Site Reliability on the Observability team, you'll be critical to helping us re-invent the observability stack at Coinbase as we continue to grow and scale 10X-100X. What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties): Improve observability, reliability and availability by defining and measuring key metrics Build automation and improve systems to eliminate toil and operations work. Collaborate with our core infrastructure team to performance tune and optimize our cloud deployments. (Think Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, EC2, etc.) Collaborate with Coinbase product teams to reduce service disruptions and automate incident response Proactively find and analyze reliability problems across our business units and stack, then design and implement software to create step-function improvements. Educate, mentor and hold accountable the engineering team to improve the reliability of our systems and make reliability a core value of the Coinbase engineering culture. What we look for in you (ie. job requirements): You have at least 3+ years of software engineering experience Strong experience working with Object Oriented languages like Golang, Java, and or C# Skills around observability, debugging and performance tuning Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts clearly and simply Strong interpersonal skills working with engineers of all levels Demonstrated critical thinking under pressure Nice to haves: Experience designing and building reliable systems capable of handling high throughput and low latency Experience with observability and monitoring systems such as Kibana, Datadog, etc. Experience working in a highly regulated environment Exposure to both NoSQL and SQL database technologies such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora. Familiarity with working in rapid growth environments Job #: GSRE04US *Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, and vision). Pay Range: $149,500—$149,500 CAD Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here). 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Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer, Site Reliability on the Observability team, you'll improve observability, reliability, and availability by defining and measuring key metrics. You'll also collaborate with teams to reduce service disruptions and automate incident response.