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Coinbase

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💰 $21.4M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-11

Consulting • Crypto • Finance

Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows individuals and institutions to buy, sell, and trade various crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company offers advanced trading tools, institutional solutions, and a self-hosted wallet for storing and managing cryptocurrencies. With a strong focus on security and transparency, Coinbase provides a trusted platform used by millions globally. It supports various features including staking, earning rewards, and spending crypto through their cards. Additionally, Coinbase provides developer tools and APIs for building onchain applications, making it a comprehensive hub for engaging in the crypto economy.

📋 Description

• Own the design and delivery of scalable distributed backend services that handle high QPS, low latency, and high reliability requirements for growth infrastructure • Architect resilient service-oriented systems using modern cloud technologies, contributing across backend, data, and ML layers of the stack • Partner with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps • Lead investments in developer tooling, shared platform capabilities, and cross-team relationships that increase organizational velocity • Build high-quality, well-tested production code for systems that are secure, reliable, and maintainable at scale • Drive rapid experimentation by building and iterating on growth features that deliver measurable impact to user acquisition and retention

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services in distributed environments • Demonstrated expertise in server-side architecture including performance optimization, security, scalability, and containerized environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Docker) • Proven ability to design and run growth experiments or A/B tests, using data to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities • Experience integrating with databases, caching layers, and storage solutions (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB, DynamoDB) in high-throughput systems • Track record of collaborating cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions from scoping through production monitoring in a high velocity environment • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

🏖️ Benefits

• Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision)