Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform

Coinbase

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$186,065–$218,900 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
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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 94 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $191,250–$218,900 across 85 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Compute Platform team within the Platform group, you will own the primary compute orchestration infrastructure that every service at Coinbase runs on. You will design, build, and operate Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation to ensure the platform remains reliable and self-healing. Your daily work involves shipping developer-facing workflows, integrating AI-driven processes, and delivering net-new compute capabilities like cron scheduling and automated right-sizing. You will utilize Go, Python, or Java alongside CNCF technologies including Kubernetes, Istio, Helm, Prometheus, and ArgoCD. The role requires managing AWS or GCP infrastructure services to solve complex distributed systems problems, ensuring the platform meets strict standards for security, uptime, and performance across the entire product suite.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation for a reliable, self-healing platform.
  • Develop developer-facing tools and workflows that integrate AI-driven processes into the Kubernetes experience.
  • Deliver new compute capabilities such as cron scheduling, deployment strategies, and automated resource right-sizing.
  • Automate manual tasks to reduce on-call burden and improve platform observability and incident response.
  • Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to ensure infrastructure meets high performance standards.
  • Build and ship production-grade infrastructure services using Go, Python, or Java.
  • Implement AI tools into infrastructure workflows to improve automation and developer productivity.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems like Mesos, Nomad, or ECS.
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for building production-grade infrastructure services.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP infrastructure services in a production environment at scale.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and operating distributed infrastructure systems including root-cause resolution of complex failures.
  • Hands-on experience with the CNCF ecosystem, including Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, and Envoy.
  • Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows for automation and developer productivity.
  • Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.

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