Software Engineer, Backend - Institutional Products

Position Overview

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

Coinbase is seeking experienced backend engineers to join our team and build the next generation of crypto-forward products and features. You will solve unique, large-scale, highly complex technical problems, bridging the constraints posed by web-scale applications and blockchain technology. You will help build the next generation of systems to make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone across the globe, operating real-time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and managing the most secure, dockerized infrastructure running in the cloud. The Institutional product group enables the foundations of Coinbase's institutional business supporting thousands of large financial institutions. We enable institutions to custody their digital assets and participate in the crypto economy in a secure and safe way. We take pride in building a scalable & secure crypto platform supporting hundreds of assets and enabling crypto participation with staking, governance and web3 gateways. The team has interesting work on building cutting-edge crypto technologies, scalable infrastructure and UI surfaces across web, mobile and browser extensions in a fast-paced industry with an opportunity to build several new initiatives.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services.
• Knowledge of service-oriented architecture.
• Ability to write high-quality, well-tested code.
• Passion for building an open financial system.

Responsibilities

• Decompose the monolithic Rails application into microservices.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling backend systems.
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet customer needs.

Nice to Haves

• Experience working in a company that has experienced rapid growth (from startup to mid-size).
• Experience building growth experiments or A/B tests.
• Experience with Blockchains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or Redshift.
• Experience building financial, high reliability, or security systems.
• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Application Instructions

• Job #: GIBE04US
• Application instructions are not provided in the original text.

Company Information

• Coinbase