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A digital currency exchange, Coinbase is used by consumers, merchants, and traders to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Fo
Senior Software Engineer – Platform, Identity
Location
United States
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$186.1K - $218.9K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer – Platform, Identity
Coinbase
• Own the design and reliability of business-critical Tier-0/Tier-1 backend systems serving millions of customers, ensuring security, observability, and operational excellence. • Lead the evolution from fragmented user/org models to a unified Account abstraction — defining APIs, data models, and best practices adopted across every Coinbase product. • Architect and deliver platform services enabling seamless, secure, multi-entity account and identity management, making it fast and easy to add new entity types (e.g., org, partner, vertical). • Champion technical excellence by driving code and design reviews, setting engineering standards, and shaping the team's technical culture. • Mentor and level-up engineers across the team, creating a multiplier effect on developer velocity and platform reliability. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Infrastructure, SRE, and Compliance teams to deliver secure, observable, and extensible solutions. • Proactively identify opportunities for platformization, refactor legacy components, improve performance, and harden security and compliance posture.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend systems.
- Proven experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services in a service-oriented architecture.
- Track record of writing high-quality, well-tested code that meets customer needs and withstands production demands.
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across product, infrastructure, and compliance teams.
- Passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together.
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k)
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