Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase Careers Page

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 May, 26

Salary

256500.0

Posted On

18 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Distributed Systems, Technical Structure, Roadmap Definition, Project Management, Mentoring, Design Techniques, Coding Standards, Infrastructure Components, Notifications Service, Deep-Linking, SEO Services, High Quality Code, Impact-Driven, Full-stack Minded, Data-Driven, High Agency

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. Ready to grow beyond your expectations and unlock new opportunities? 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 fast-paced. 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. Coinbase is seeking experienced Fullstack engineers to join our team to build out the next generation of crypto-forward products and features. You will solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems, bridging the constraints posed by web-scale applications and blockchain technology. You will help build the next generation of systems to make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone across the globe, operating real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and managing the most secure infrastructure running in the cloud. The Growth organization drives Coinbase’s mission of bringing the world onchain. By building and leveraging growth tools across multiple avenues, including referral and incentives programs, creating a world-class notifications system, building a dynamic, engaging, and accessible logged-out web experience, and optimizing our new user onboarding flow, we ensure that Coinbase is the easiest, safest, and fastest way to buy, hold, and trade Crypto assets, and ensure our new users are set up for success from their first interaction. What you'll be doing: We're building a world-class growth engine by developing features, products, and systems that consistently deliver user value from their first interaction to their entire journey with Coinbase. We do this in a systematic way by: rapidly launching, iterating and optimizing new and existing features and products to grow Coinbase. building resilient and scalable systems that unlock growth at scale, and enable us to build, maintain and iterate on features and products even faster. touching all parts of the stack including: web, mobile, Fullstack, data and ML. Architect and develop distributed systems Provide technical structure to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards Design and implement foundational infrastructure components used by every engineering team in production (e.g. notifications service, deferred deep-linking, SEO services, etc…) Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers What we look for in you: Impact-Driven Motivated by having impact. Excited about delivering outcomes vs outputs. Full-stack minded. Willing and able to quickly pursue and validate any idea or hypothesis, with the skill to tackle problems that span product, Fullstack systems, ML, data and more. Not everyone needs to be full-stack, but we encourage it when it will enable flexibility and velocity. Data-driven. Identifies and pursues high impact opportunities, backed by data. High Agency Understands how their work will drive meaningful impact to the growth of Coinbase. Takes accountability and actively seeks out opportunities to deliver results. Is equipped with all the tools and skills to build products and systems quickly. High Velocity Preferred mode of operation is fast. Genuinely motivated and energized by moving quickly. Knows how to balance velocity and quality. Understand the importance of sustainable velocity, and prioritize simplicity when possible. Invests in tools, systems and processes to increase velocity, as well as builds organizational relationships and cross-team expertise to break down organizational barriers that could hinder execution speed. 8+ years of experience in software engineering. Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact Passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together. Nice to haves: Fullstack experience You have experience launching new products from 0 to 1 Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks. You have experience with Blockchain technology (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc..) You’ve worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or DynamoDB. You’ve built fintech, highly reliable and/or secure systems. Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services. Job #: P75759 Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits: $218,025—$256,500 USD 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). Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here. AI Disclosure For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description. For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com

Responsibilities

Engineers will architect and develop distributed systems, provide technical structure to teams, and manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables using technical expertise. They will also mentor team members on design techniques and coding standards while designing foundational infrastructure components.