Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms
GitLabFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)
Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience in software engineering, experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services, and knowledge of service-oriented architecture. They should possess strong technical skills for system design and coding, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a bias toward open, transparent cultural practices. Strong skills around observability, debugging, and performance tuning are also required, along with demonstrated critical thinking under pressure.
The Site Reliability Engineer will improve observability, reliability, and availability by defining and measuring key metrics, build automation and improve systems to eliminate toil and operations work, collaborate with core infrastructure team to performance tune and optimize cloud deployments, collaborate with Coinbase product teams to reduce service disruptions and automate incident response, proactively find and analyze reliability problems, design and implement software to create step-function improvements, educate and mentor the engineering team to improve system reliability, write high-quality, well-tested code, debug extremely difficult technical problems, review feature designs for cross-cutting projects, and be an owner of system security, safety, scale, and operational integrity. They will also build pipelines to integrate with third-party vendors.
Digital currency wallet and transaction platform
Coinbase provides a platform for buying, selling, and storing digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Users can create a digital wallet to manage their cryptocurrency transactions easily. The platform is designed to be user-friendly, making it accessible for both merchants and consumers. Unlike many competitors, Coinbase focuses on building trust with its users through reliable services and a straightforward interface. The company's goal is to create an open financial system that promotes innovation and equal opportunities in the digital currency space.