Senior Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

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

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in production software with expertise in distributed systems and proficiency in Go or a similar language.
  • Proven history of delivering impactful backend systems from design to production.
  • Strong focus on reliability, security, and observability in software operations.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and manage projects independently while collaborating effectively with teams.
  • Customer-centric approach, measuring success by the impact on engineering teams' productivity.
  • Experience in developer infrastructure domains like CI/CD, build systems, and test infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies including Kubernetes and AWS.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and manage core developer infrastructure services like CI and deployment orchestration.
  • Enhance engineering productivity metrics such as build speed and test reliability.
  • Take full ownership of services, including architecture and operational responsibilities.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to identify pain points and implement platform enhancements.
  • Lead the technical design for significant cross-team projects and oversee their production rollout.
  • Mentor fellow engineers and influence the technical direction of the platform.

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan for retirement savings.
  • Opportunity for equity in the company as part of the compensation package.
  • Potential for annual bonuses based on performance.
Full Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

Coinbase's Developer Infrastructure group builds the systems every Coinbase engineer relies on to write, validate, ship, and run code. We own the path from commit to production, including CI and build infrastructure, deployment platforms, and test systems that give engineers fast, trustworthy feedback. We're hiring Senior Software Engineers across several teams in the group, and you'll be matched to the team that best fits your strengths and interests. Wherever you land, you'll build and operate foundational platform services used across Coinbase engineering, where improvements in build speed, deploy safety, and test reliability scale across thousands of engineers. This is high-leverage systems work with a high bar for reliability and security.
What you'll do
  • Design, build, and operate core developer infrastructure services across CI, build systems, deployment orchestration, and test infrastructure.
  • 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.


PID#P76992

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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