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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform) – Coinbase (Remote, U.S.)
Salary Range: $218,025 - $256,500 USD + bonus + equity + benefits
Role Overview:
Join Coinbase’s Platform Product Group, responsible for building foundational infrastructure that supports multiple products and teams. As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll be a key technical leader driving large-scale architecture and mentoring engineers, while delivering scalable, secure, and reliable backend systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and build distributed backend systems and foundational infrastructure (e.g., config management, secrets storage, container orchestration).
- Lead technical strategy and collaborate with management and stakeholders on roadmaps.
- Manage project priorities and deadlines with strong technical ownership.
- Mentor and guide engineers on design and coding best practices.
- Write high-quality, tested production code.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proven track record solving complex, ambiguous problems with large impact.
- Passionate about open financial systems and crypto innovation.
Nice to Have:
- Experience scaling engineering teams rapidly.
- Experience breaking down monoliths into microservices.
- Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Sinatra, Postgres.
- Familiarity with crypto and blockchain technologies (e.g., Ethereum, ENS, dApps).
- Background in financial, secure, or high-reliability systems.
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