Software Engineer - Canada

🧾 Job Title:

Software Engineer – Security Platform Engineering

📍 Location: Canada (Remote)

💼 Type: Full-time

💰 Salary: $149,500 CAD/year (flat figure)

💸 Plus: Bonus + equity + full benefits (medical, dental, vision)

🏢 About the Role:

You’ll join Coinbase’s Security Platform Engineering team, focusing on:

• Onchain security
• Web3 monitoring
• Compliance and privacy platforms

This role is mission-critical, as Coinbase is a high-profile security target and your work will directly protect customer assets and sensitive operations.

🎯 Key Responsibilities:

• Develop backend services using Golang to support security and compliance capabilities
• Build scalable, resilient systems using cloud-native technologies and best practices
• Collaborate cross-functionally (engineers, designers, PMs, and senior leadership) to shape roadmaps and deliver high-impact outcomes
• Write clean, tested, high-quality code
• Solve novel problems in areas like blockchain monitoring, Web3 intelligence, and threat protection

✅ Core Requirements:

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Experience designing, scaling, and maintaining backend systems, ideally in a microservices or SOA architecture
• Proficient in writing production-ready, testable code
• Motivation aligned with Coinbase’s mission to build a more open, decentralized financial system

➕ Nice to Haves:

• Experience at a hyper-growth startup or scale-up
• Knowledge or exposure to blockchain technologies (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum)
• Experience migrating monoliths to microservices
• Familiarity with:
• Golang, Ruby, Rails
• Databases like Postgres, MongoDB, or DynamoDB
• Containers and orchestration tools like Docker
• Past work in security-critical, financial, or high-reliability systems