Site Reliability Engineer

Are you ready to take your career to the next level and make a real impact?

At Coinbase, our mission is to promote economic freedom worldwide. This ambitious goal motivates us every day as we build an innovative onchain platform that shapes the future of the global financial system.

We are looking for a unique candidate who is deeply passionate about our mission and believes in the transformative power of crypto and blockchain technology to modernize finance. We want someone who is eager to make a lasting impact, who thrives under pressure and collaboration with a high-caliber team, and who actively seeks constructive feedback to grow continuously.

Coinbase thrives on a fast-paced culture that fosters teamwork and excellence. If you're ready to build the future with passionate colleagues who pursue greatness, this is the right place for you.

The Reliability Engineering team plays a vital role in supporting our engineering teams to create the most reliable software possible. As a core service team, we collaborate closely with other engineering teams, constantly seeking the latest industry best practices. Through education and advocacy, we embed reliability into our engineering culture, empowering our teams to build reliable software independently.

We highly value intellectual curiosity and openness within our Reliability Engineering team. Working collaboratively, we encourage our engineers to think innovatively and take risks while fostering an environment that embraces diversity, positivity, and a blameless approach to problem-solving. You will have the chance to initiate high-impact projects, supported by experienced mentors.

• Enhance observability, reliability, and availability by defining and tracking key metrics.

• Automate processes to reduce manual operations work.

• Work closely with our core infrastructure team to optimize cloud deployments (Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, EC2, etc.).

• Collaborate with product teams to minimize service disruptions and automate incident responses.

• Identify and address reliability issues across our infrastructure, creating software solutions for significant improvements.

• Mentor and educate team members on making reliability a fundamental aspect of our engineering culture.

• Write high-quality, thoroughly-tested code to meet customer needs.

• Tackle complex technical problems to optimize systems and improve their operability.

• Review designs for new features, ensuring they meet our operational standards.

• Take ownership of security, performance, operational integrity, and clarity in architectural designs.

• Create pipelines to integrate with external vendors.

• Participate in an on-call rotation for prompt resolution of urgent issues.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in software engineering.

• A background in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services with a focus on service-oriented architecture.

• A commitment to delivering high-quality, well-tested code.

• A passion for creating an open financial system that connects people worldwide.

• Strong technical skills in system design and coding.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a preference for open, transparent practices.

• Expertise in observability, debugging, and performance tuning.

• Ability to clearly explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.

• Proven interpersonal skills when collaborating with engineers of various experience levels.

• Demonstrated critical thinking in high-pressure situations.

• A readiness to dive into understanding, debugging, and enhancing any part of the tech stack.

• This role requires on-call availability for urgent issue resolution outside regular hours.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in designing and building reliable high-throughput, low-latency systems.

• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Kibana or Datadog.

• Background in fast-paced growth environments.

• Experience with Ruby, Go, and Terraform.

• Exposure to cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Previous work on reliable systems, particularly in regulated industries.

• Experience creating training materials and company blog posts.

• Understanding of crypto, including onchain activities like interacting with Ethereum and utilizing blockchain-based services.

Job ID# GPSRE04US

*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to assess your onchain knowledge.

Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual salary for this position ranges from $140,250 to $165,000 depending on work location. Full-time offers from Coinbase may also include bonuses, equity, and benefits (such as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)).

Please note that candidates can submit a maximum of four applications within 30 days. We encourage you to consider how your skills and interests align with our roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity: Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status.

Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodations for the employment process, please reach out to us with the details of your request.