Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Core Infra Systems

Coinbase

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$186,065–$218,900 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $189k
This role $202k
$115k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $163,036–$214,775 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $189k 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 77 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,065–$218,900 across 67 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Core Infra Systems

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Infra Systems team within Coinbase’s Platform group, you will focus on building and maintaining cloud and networking foundations that ensure reliability at scale. Your daily tasks include owning cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives across AWS, GCP, and Networking pillars, developing self-service tooling for safe provisioning without deep platform knowledge, and embedding security guardrails into infrastructure to meet high standards of compliance and reliability. You will also drive standardization efforts in a multi-cloud environment, reducing fragmentation and improving consistency. This role requires 5+ years of software engineering experience with expertise in cloud networking primitives like VPCs and Terraform, proficiency in backend languages such as Go or Python for building scalable platform tooling, and the ability to lead technical investigations and operational improvements across infrastructure boundaries.

Skills

AWS GCP Terraform Python Go VPC Transit Gateways DNS Load Balancers CI/CD Kubernetes PostgreSQL Infrastructure-as-Code Cloud Networking Self-service Tooling

What you'll do

  • Own cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives spanning AWS, GCP, and Networking pillars.
  • Build self-service tooling for safe cloud infrastructure provisioning without deep expertise.
  • Embed security guardrails into infrastructure provisioning to meet Coinbase's standards.
  • Drive standardization across multi-cloud environment to improve consistency and reliability.
  • Lead technical investigations and operational improvements to resolve systemic issues.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building and operating AWS or GCP cloud infrastructure.
  • Expertise in cloud networking primitives including VPCs, transit gateways, DNS, and load balancers.
  • Proficiency in backend languages like Go or Python for platform tooling and automation.
  • Strong ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives and deliver production-ready outcomes.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Pulumi.

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