Improve key engineering productivity metrics, including build and CI time, deploy speed and safety, and test feedback quality.
Own services end to end, including architecture, observability, SLOs, and on-call operations.
Partner with engineering teams across Coinbase to understand pain points and turn them into platform improvements.
Lead technical design for cross-cutting projects and drive them through production.
Mentor engineers and help shape the technical direction of the platform.
Required Skills and Experience
5+ years building and operating production software, with strong distributed systems fundamentals and proficiency in Go or a similar language.
Track record of shipping high-impact backend or platform systems with ownership from design through production.
Strong operational instincts with a focus on reliability, security, and observability.
Clear communication and the ability to drive projects independently while collaborating across teams.
Customer-focused mindset, with success measured by impact on other engineers.
Experience in developer infrastructure or platform domains such as CI/CD, build systems, release tooling, test infrastructure, or developer productivity.
Experience operating at scale with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and containers.
Depth in areas such as build systems, remote execution, progressive delivery, or test optimization.
Experience with observability and performance tooling such as Datadog.
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)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus)
$186,065—$218,900 USD
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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