Copy of Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform - CETI)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

The Platform Product Group’s mission is to build a trusted, scalable, and compliant platform to maximize velocity, efficiency and quality. They build the foundations that can be used by multiple products and teams at Coinbase so that users can have a consistent and high-quality experience. The Consumer Engineering Test Infrastructure (CETI) team focuses on accelerating the development of high quality products by enabling validation of product behaviors at scale through automated test infrastructure. We are entirely engineering driven, identifying opportunities to build innovative tools and infrastructure to enable developers to test high-fidelity production behaviors during development to enable catching and fixing bugs as early in the development cycle as possible. We are seeking experienced and dynamic backend Software Engineers to join our team. This role is pivotal in developing robust, easy-to-use infrastructure that enable engineers to ship high quality products, and establishing a culture of proactive testing within our organization. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing test infrastructure and driving test automation across our services.

Responsibilities

• Build & Scale Testing Infrastructure: Architect and implement automated testing frameworks from the ground up, enabling teams to validate product behavior faster and more reliably.
• Enable Smart Automation: Define strategies to automate testing at every level—unit, integration, and end-to-end—while seamlessly integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage AI/ML for Smarter Testing: Explore and implement novel AI/ML techniques to optimize test execution, detect flaky tests, and enable self-healing automation. Use intelligent anomaly detection to improve test coverage and recovery.
• Enhance Developer Productivity: Identify bottlenecks in testing workflows, introduce cutting-edge tools, and create streamlined processes that empower engineers to ship high-quality software with confidence.
• Define and Drive Product Quality Metrics: Establish measurable drivers and outcome metrics that track test effectiveness, release stability, and developer efficiency. Work cross-functionally to ensure these metrics influence decision-making and improve product quality across the company.
• Drive Best Practices & Company-Wide Impact: Partner with teams across the entire tech stack to define and implement scalable testing strategies. Your work will directly influence development speed and product quality across the company.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services.
• Understanding of testability of systems and knowledge of testing methodologies and best practices for functional and non-functional requirements.
• Knowledge of service-oriented architecture.