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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high the environment is intense and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough" you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Staff Engineer on the FinHub - Ledger team within the Platform group you'll own the architectural direction of Coinbase's core ledgering systems that process billions of transactions. This team builds the foundational infrastructure that powers financial accuracy and reliability across the company. You'll make critical technical decisions drive platform improvements and lead high-impact cross-functional projects that define how we build scalable highly available systems at Coinbase's growing scale.
What you’ll do:
- Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance scalability and reliability across ledgering and transaction processing infrastructure
- Drive strategic technical direction for complex cross-team initiatives spanning engineering product and finance
- Establish and evolve platform best practices frameworks and architectural standards that raise the quality bar for the broader engineering organization
- Provide deep technical mentorship guide design decisions and develop senior engineers across the team
- Shape the team's technical roadmap by collaborating with engineering leadership to identify high-leverage investments and anticipate scaling bottlenecks
- Embed AI into engineering and operational practices to drive system improvements and workflow efficiency
Required skills and experience:
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production with deep expertise in backend programming (e.g. Go Python Java) and cloud-native architecture
- Proven track record designing highly available high-performance systems including experience with ledgering trading systems or high-precision transaction processing
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives mentor engineers and translate complex technical concepts into clear actionable solutions for technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on experience with technologies such as Go Kubernetes and Postgres with the ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and drive proactive architectural improvements
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency cost and quality.
Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (medical dental vision 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal state and local laws.
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- Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production with deep backend programming expertise
- Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g. Go Python Java) and cloud-native architecture
- Proven track record designing highly available high-performance systems including ledgering trading systems or high-precision transaction processing
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Postgres and ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks
- Experience utilizing generative AI responsibly to improve workflows while maintaining human oversight
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How does Coinbase ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
Coinbase uses a market-driven pay-for-performance approach to keep pay and bonus plans competitive. Coinbase regularly benchmarks roles against leading technology and fintech companies using external market data and reviews its compensation programs on a recurring basis to ensure salary bonus and equity remain aligned with the broader market and business goals. Annual bonus and equity programs are tied to both company results and individual impact so when Coinbase and its people perform total rewards reflect that performance.
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What We Do
Crypto creates economic freedom by ensuring that people can participate fairly in the economy and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. We’re updating the century-old financial system by providing a trusted platform that makes it easy for people and institutions to engage with crypto assets including trading staking safekeeping spending and fast free global transfers. We also provide critical infrastructure for onchain activity and support builders who share our vision that onchain is the new online. And together with the crypto community we advocate for responsible rules to make the benefits of crypto available around the world.
Why Work With Us
We have the opportunity to accelerate the pace of innovation in the world by building an open financial system. Our vision is to create more economic freedom in the world to help people control their own wealth start companies have financial privacy and participate in the global economy. And to get us there we focus build and move as a team.
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