Join Coinbase as a Staff Software Engineer to enhance system reliability and scalability in a dynamic, remote-first environment.
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Coinbase is piloting an AI tool for initial screening interviews and an AI platform for interview note transcription.
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Software Engineer will focus on enhancing the reliability and security of Coinbase's production environment, working on projects that improve system scalability and reduce operational issues. Key skills include extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in service-oriented architectures, along with proficiency in languages like Ruby and Go, and familiarity with cloud platforms. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers who thrive in high-pressure environments and are adept at collaborating across teams to foster a culture of reliability. Coinbase's commitment to pushing boundaries is reflected in its dynamic team and innovative approach to finance.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 139 other open roles including Concierge Specialist IV, Concierge Specialist IV, Risk & Monitoring Analyst IV.
- 1241 active AWS roles on Joblaze right now.
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- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Core Reliability role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in US.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $218,025–$256,500 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Core Reliability role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in US.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Terraform, Datadog, AWS, Ruby, Go, GCP.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Core Reliability 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 part of the Infra Reliability team, you will help Coinbase scale systems 50x by improving reliability, security, and deployment safety across our production environment. You will secure service configurations and secrets, reduce customer-facing incidents, and strengthen deployment systems that support thousands of services and hundreds of daily releases.
What you’ll do
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Build and launch reliability projects and features that improve resiliency across our service environment in partnership with reliability teams.
- Work closely with critical T0/T1 services to understand architecture, improve scalability and reliability, and reduce operational toil.
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Build and enhance systems that securely manage service configurations and secrets at scale.
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Improve canary-based release systems to make deployments safer and reduce incidents.
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Expand deployment capabilities to support thousands of services and hundreds of daily deployments.
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Partner across teams to promote reliability best practices and strengthen reliability culture across Coinbase.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services in service-oriented architectures.
- Strong system design and coding skills, with a track record of writing high-quality, well-tested code.
- Strong observability, debugging, and performance tuning skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
- Sound judgment under pressure and a willingness to debug and improve any layer of the stack.
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation and respond to issues outside normal business hours.
- Experience building reliable, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Experience with observability tools such as Kibana and Datadog.
- Familiarity with rapid-growth environments.
- Experience with Ruby, Go, Terraform, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- 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.
- US Applicants: View Employee Rights, Know Your Rights, and E-Verify Notice of Participation.
- 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.
- Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.
- AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.