Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)

Coinbase is seeking experienced backend engineers to join our team to build out the next generation of crypto-forward products and features. You will solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems, bridging the constraints posed by web-scale applications and blockchain technology. You will help build the next generation of systems to make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone across the globe, operating real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and managing the most secure infrastructure running in the cloud.

The Growth organization drives Coinbase’s mission of bringing the world onchain. By building and leveraging growth tools across multiple avenues, including referral and incentives programs, creating a world-class notifications system, building a dynamic, engaging, and accessible logged-out web experience, and optimizing our new user onboarding flow, we ensure that Coinbase is the easiest, safest, and fastest way to buy, hold, and trade Crypto assets, and ensure our new users are set up for success from their first interaction.

What you'll be doing:

1. Build and run experiments to power the growth of Coinbase’s retail products.
2. Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
3. Articulate a long term vision for maintaining and scaling our backend systems and the teams running them.
4. Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
5. Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.

What we look for in you:

1. You have at least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
2. You’ve designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
3. You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
4. You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.

Nice to haves:

1. You have experience launching new products from 0 to 1
2. Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks.
3. You have experience with Blockchain technology (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc..)
4. You’ve worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or DynamoDB.
5. You’ve built fintech, highly reliable and/or secure systems.
6. Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Pay Range:

$186,005—$218,900 USD