Build critical blockchain infrastructure and APIs for Coinbase's crypto stack as a Senior Software Engineer.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Own the design and delivery of blockchain network infrastructure
- Lead multi-quarter initiatives including new chain integrations
- Define and maintain APIs, SLOs, and observability for the systems
- Partner with product and platform teams to establish data contracts
- Build deep technical context across multiple top blockchain protocols
Must have
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Proven track record designing, scaling, and maintaining distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with at least two of the following: Golang, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB
- Direct experience with blockchain protocols or crypto infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems into microservices
Practical constraints
- Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer on the Blockchain Networks team at Coinbase focuses on developing the infrastructure that connects blockchain protocols with internal services, ensuring reliable APIs for various product teams. Key skills include extensive experience in software engineering, particularly with distributed systems and blockchain technologies, alongside proficiency in languages and tools like Golang and Kafka. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in service-oriented architectures and a deep understanding of blockchain operations. Coinbase fosters a collaborative environment with quarterly in-person sessions to enhance teamwork.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 230 other open roles including Senior Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure, Payments Risk Analyst I, Customer Support Specialist II.
- 523 active Kafka roles on Joblaze right now.
- 403 active Redis roles on Joblaze right now.
- 344 active Golang roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Pays more than 59% of the 287 salaried Kafka roles we track (median $180,000). See Kafka salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer- Blockchain Network role remote?
- Yes — Coinbase lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $186,065–$218,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer- Blockchain Network role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Golang, Kafka, MongoDB, Redis.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer- Blockchain Network role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
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 Senior Software Engineer on the Blockchain Networks team within the Platform group, you'll build the critical infrastructure that integrates blockchain protocols with Coinbase's internal services for new assets, stablecoins, and staking. This team translates complex blockchain operations and state machines into simple, reliable APIs that product teams across Coinbase depend on. You'll own multi-quarter technical initiatives and ship platform primitives that directly improve the latency, reliability, and cost of our crypto stack.
What you'll do:
- Own the design and delivery of blockchain network infrastructure that abstracts blockchain complexity into reliable, platform APIs
- Lead multi-quarter initiatives including new chain integrations, re-architecture efforts, and data migrations that improve system latency, reliability, and cost
- Define and maintain APIs, SLOs, and observability for the systems you build, including on-call ownership
- Partner with product and platform teams to establish data contracts and ship SDKs and platform primitives that drive adoption across Coinbase
- Build deep technical context across multiple top blockchain protocols (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum) and apply that knowledge to simplify cross-chain operations
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of production services in a service-oriented architecture
- Proven track record designing, scaling, and maintaining distributed systems handling high-throughput, low-latency workloads
- Hands-on experience with at least two of the following: Golang, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, or similar infrastructure technologies
- Direct experience with blockchain protocols or crypto infrastructure (e.g., integrating with Ethereum, Bitcoin, or similar L1/L2 networks)
- Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems (monoliths, legacy architectures) into well-bounded microservices with clear API contracts
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Job ID#: P77731
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