Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Identity

Coinbase

Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Oakland, CA
Salary: $186,065–$218,900 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago

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This role $202k

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This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $152,087–$221,050 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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About Coinbase

Coinbase Global is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform where consumers can buy, sell, and store digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange & Financial Technology

Coinbase currently has 58 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Identity

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Identity team within Platform at Coinbase, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and delivering APIs, data models, and backend services that enable seamless, secure multi-entity account management. Your responsibilities include owning the design and reliability of business-critical Tier-0/Tier-1 systems serving millions of customers while leading the evolution from fragmented user/org models to a unified Account abstraction. You will champion technical excellence by driving code reviews, setting engineering standards, and mentoring team members to enhance developer velocity and platform reliability. Key technologies include Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, and Redshift, with a focus on building secure, observable, and extensible solutions in collaboration with Product, Infrastructure, SRE, and Compliance teams.

Skills

Python Go Ruby Docker Sinatra Rails PostgreSQL MongoDB Redshift Kubernetes CI/CD AWS Prometheus Grafana GitOps

What you'll do

Own the design and reliability of Tier-0/Tier-1 backend systems serving millions of customers.
Lead the evolution to a unified Account abstraction by defining APIs and data models.
Architect platform services for seamless multi-entity account management at Coinbase scale.
Mentor engineers across the team, enhancing technical skills and platform reliability.
Proactively identify opportunities for refactoring legacy components and improving performance.

What we're looking for

5+ years of backend software engineering experience in production environments.
Expertise in designing and maintaining scalable service-oriented architectures.
Strong track record of delivering high-quality, well-tested code for customer-facing services.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively across product, infrastructure, and compliance teams.
Experience leading technical excellence through code reviews and setting engineering standards.