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A cryptocurrency exchange platform building the emerging onchain platform and future global financial system.

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Platform Product Group, focusing on building a trusted, scalable, and compliant platform to maximize velocity, efficiency and quality. The role combines individual contribution with technical leadership, project anchoring, and mentoring responsibilities.

The Platform Product Group builds foundational components used across Coinbase's products, ensuring consistent and high-quality user experiences. The position requires someone passionate about increasing economic freedom through crypto and blockchain technology, who excels in solving complex problems and thrives in an intense work culture.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll be responsible for architecting distributed systems, defining strategic roadmaps with stakeholders, managing project deliverables, and implementing critical infrastructure components used by every engineering team. The role requires expertise in building scalable solutions, mentoring team members, and maintaining high coding standards.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of architecting solutions to ambiguous problems. Experience with rapid company growth, microservices architecture, and technologies like Golang, Ruby, Docker, and Postgres is valuable. Knowledge of financial systems, high-reliability architectures, or crypto-related experience is a plus.

Coinbase offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, wellness stipends, fertility benefits, and the unique option of getting paid in digital currency. The company is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

Staff Software Engineer position at Coinbase focusing on backend platform development, building scalable distributed systems and infrastructure components.

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

Coinbase Developer Platform builds developer tools to bring the world onchain, creating API and SDK products for developers.

Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead their new Onchain Payments initiative. This role represents a unique opportunity to shape the future of payment systems by leveraging crypto technology. As the lead engineer, you'll be responsible for bringing a revolutionary 0-to-1 product to life while also managing aspects of the existing Coinbase Commerce product.

The position combines the excitement of a startup environment with the resources and stability of Coinbase. You'll be working at the intersection of traditional finance and cryptocurrency, building systems that aim to replace conventional payment rails with crypto-based solutions. This represents a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Coinbase to disrupt the payments industry.

The role requires a unique blend of technical expertise across the full stack - from frontend development with modern frameworks like React and Next.js, to backend systems in Go and TypeScript, and blockchain development with Solidity. You'll be working with cutting-edge technologies including smart contracts, EVM-compatible chains, and distributed systems.

As a technical leader, you'll not only architect and develop solutions but also guide the team's technical direction, mentor other engineers, and work closely with product managers and designers to find product-market fit. The position offers the chance to make a significant impact on both the crypto and payments industries while working with some of the most advanced blockchain technologies.

The compensation package is highly competitive, ranging from $218,025 to $256,500 USD, plus additional benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), target bonus, and equity. This is a remote position based in the USA, offering the flexibility of working from anywhere while being part of a team that's reshaping the future of financial technology.

The ideal candidate will bring both deep technical expertise and strong leadership skills, with the ability to navigate complex technical challenges while driving the team toward ambitious goals. If you're passionate about cryptocurrency, payments, and building developer-focused products that can change how the world handles transactions, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Lead engineer position for Coinbase's Onchain Payments initiative, focusing on fullstack development to revolutionize payment systems using crypto technology.

Coinbase Staff Software Engineer Software Engineering Jobs

Find Coinbase Staff Software Engineer software engineering jobs