This role pays more than
56%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$226,800
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$202k
versus about
$189k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
68 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$199,367–$234,550
across 62 roles with salary data.
Senior Software Engineer- Blockchain Platform (Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging) joins the Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging team within the Platform organization to build and operate critical infrastructure for moving crypto assets across over fifty blockchain protocols. The role involves designing and delivering backend services in Go to manage wallet operations, liquidity movements, and cross-chain bridging for both custodial and non-custodial flows. Key responsibilities include building distributed systems for transaction lifecycle management, signing, broadcasting, and on-chain reconciliation across networks like Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana. You will also perform service decomposition of legacy systems into modular microservices while improving reliability and observability for Tier-0 systems. The position requires expertise in Go, distributed systems, and blockchain technologies such as transaction construction and data indexing to solve complex problems regarding multi-chain scalability and infrastructure correctness.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $203391 from 354 postings across 56 companies.
Design and deliver Go-based backend services for wallet operations, liquidity movements, and cross-chain bridging.
Build distributed systems to manage transaction lifecycle, signing, broadcasting, and on-chain reconciliation across multiple blockchains.
Improve reliability and observability for Tier-0 wallet services while participating in incident response and post-mortems.
Integrate wallet services with downstream products by defining clear contracts and resolving cross-team dependencies.
Decompose legacy systems into modular, reusable platform services through architectural improvements.
Ensure engineering quality through rigorous code reviews and providing feedback on architectural patterns.
What we're looking for
5+ years of experience in software engineering.
Proficiency in Go and hands-on experience designing and operating service-oriented distributed systems.
Experience building, scaling, and maintaining production backend services with strict correctness and reliability requirements.
Familiarity with blockchain technologies including transaction construction, on-chain data indexing, or cross-chain integrations across protocols like Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Solana.
Experience decomposing monolithic systems into scalable microservices or contributing to platform architecture.
Proven ability to collaborate across teams and communicate technical trade-offs clearly while driving projects autonomously.
Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency and quality.