Senior Software Engineer, Backend

6 days ago


Boston, MA, United States Boston Staffing Full time
Join Coinbase

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems. Our work culture is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Job Duties

* Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices/distributed architecture * Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP * Author technical design documents (TDDs), providing technical leadership and driving clarity across complex projects * Lead end-to-end delivery of projects through implementation, deployment, and monitoring * Improve and maintain operational excellence standards across the team, proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability * Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team-wide environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards

Job Requirements

* 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on backend systems * Expertise in languages such as Golang (preferred), C, Rust or Python * Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) * Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures * Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development, integration and authentication protocols like OAuth and JWT * Familiarity with AWS and containerization using Kubernetes * Understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems * Excellent communication and collaboration skills * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Pay Range: $186,065$218,900 USD



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