Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Identity Platform

Position: Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Identity Platform

Location: United States (Remote)

Department: Software Engineering

Company: Coinbase

About Coinbase

Coinbase is committed to building the next-generation onchain platform to advance economic freedom globally. Our environment is ambitious, fast-paced, and demands the highest levels of performance as we reimagine the future of finance.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join the IT Operations Corporate Engineering team. In this role, you will design, scale, and optimize Coinbase's Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, driving security, reliability, and automation across corporate systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the performance, reliability, and scalability of Coinbase's IAM tooling
• Combine SRE and DevOps practices to build and maintain secure, cloud-native infrastructure
• Collaborate with Security, IT, and Engineering teams to improve IAM system design and architecture
• Automate routine tasks and infrastructure management using modern scripting and IaC tools
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and deployment
• Write detailed documentation and runbooks for system operations and incident response
• Conduct incident investigations, root cause analysis, and participate in on-call rotations
• Define and enhance observability and monitoring practices for IAM systems
• Continuously improve identity lifecycle, SSO, MFA, RBAC/ABAC, and secrets management

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with corporate IAM systems and SRE/DevOps practices
• Proficiency with Okta, Duo, Google Workspace, Azure AD, or other major IAM platforms
• Solid understanding of identity lifecycle, SSO, MFA, Zero Trust, PAM, RBAC/ABAC, and secrets management
• Experience automating with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker
• Strong programming skills in Python, Golang, Ruby, Java, or C#
• Expertise managing AWS, GCP, or Azure environments using Infrastructure-as-Code
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and automation frameworks
• Strong communicator with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly
• Self-starter with a passion for continuous learning and improvement

Nice to Have

• Experience with open source workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Temporal)
• Familiarity with graph databases (Neo4j, Neptune, etc.)
• Passion for crypto, blockchain, and decentralized identity

Compensation

💰 Base Salary Range: $186,065 — $218,900 (USD)

➕ Bonus + Equity + Full Benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)

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