Senior Software Engineer

Coinbase Careers Page$186K — $218K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with backend language proficiency, preferably Go.
  • Hands-on blockchain experience with smart contracts, onchain integrations, or related services.
  • Experience with distributed systems, including APIs and event-driven architectures.
  • Proven ability to manage and deliver complex projects autonomously in dynamic environments.
  • Familiarity with using generative AI to enhance workflow efficiency while ensuring human oversight.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end delivery of token and wrapped asset initiatives, from smart contract deployment to API rollout.
  • Build and maintain Go services and smart contracts for asset operations like minting and bridging.
  • Enhance the asset transformation pipeline to improve efficiency and safety in token management.
  • Collaborate with teams across Trading, Custody, and Compliance to drive impactful innovation.
  • Lead on-call responsibilities, ensuring the reliability of Tier-0 systems through observability and operational improvements.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the team's engineering quality through design reviews.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plans offered.
  • Equity and bonus eligibility based on performance.
Full Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Tokens & Wrapped Assets) We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Tokens & Wrapped Assets team within the Platform organization. This team builds and operates the platform that issues, wraps, and transforms every asset at Coinbase, including flagship wrapped assets like cbBTC, spanning Ethereum, Base, and Solana. You'll own complex projects end-to-end, from smart contract through APIs and production rollout, designing and operating the Go services that mint, burn, bridge, and reconcile wrapped assets across chains. What you'll do: • Own end-to-end delivery of complex token and wrapped asset initiatives, from smart contract deployment through API design, SLOs, and production rollout across multiple chains. • Build and operate the Go services and smart contracts that mint, burn, bridge, and reconcile wrapped assets, ensuring correctness across on-chain and off-chain systems. • Drive improvements to the asset transformation and migration pipeline, making it dramatically faster and safer to launch, upgrade, and migrate tokens at scale. • Partner across Trading, Custody, USDC, Compliance, and the broader crypto stack to ship customer- and revenue-impacting work that advances onchain innovation. • Lead on-call ownership for team services, building observability, runbooks, and operational improvements that keep Tier-0 systems reliable. • Strengthen team engineering quality by onboarding and coaching junior engineers, contributing to design reviews, and establishing patterns that raise the technical bar. Required Skills and Experience: • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with proficiency in at least one backend language (Go preferred), including designing, building, and operating production backend services at scale. • Hands-on blockchain experience, either from smart contract development (Solidity/EVM), onchain integrations, or building services that transact onchain. • Demonstrated experience with distributed systems patterns including APIs, event-driven architectures, data reconciliation, and on-call ownership. • Track record of owning complex projects with autonomy in fast-moving, multi-chain or multi-system environments. • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. Job #: P77417 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.

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