Senior Staff Software Engineer - Blockchain Platform

Coinbase

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Oakland, CA
Salary
$253,895–$298,700 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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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 65 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,065–$218,900 across 57 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer - Blockchain Platform

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As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Blockchain Platform team within Platform at Coinbase, you will lead the technical vision for the infrastructure connecting all Coinbase products to the crypto economy. Your role involves defining and driving multi-quarter strategies for nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle management, ensuring high availability, low latency, and security across 60+ blockchain networks. You’ll architect large-scale initiatives like wallet stack rearchitecture and indexing redesign, while also setting engineering standards for correctness and reliability in transaction finality and key management. With over a decade of experience in designing high-throughput systems, you should have hands-on expertise with blockchain protocols and proven leadership in multi-team architectural projects. Experience with AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil is highly valued.

Skills

Blockchain Kubernetes Docker Python Go Rust PostgreSQL AWS CI/CD Prometheus Grafana GitOps Terraform GraphQL EVM Solana Bitcoin L2s Yield Stablecoins

What you'll do

  • Define and drive the technical strategy for Blockchain Platform over multiple quarters.
  • Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure for high availability and security at scale.
  • Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large architectural initiatives with clear milestones.
  • Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability.
  • Own data-driven reliability improvements by identifying structural gaps and leading remediation.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years in a staff-plus role.
  • Extensive hands-on experience designing and scaling high-throughput transaction systems.
  • Deep expertise in blockchain protocols and infrastructure, including node operations.
  • Proven leadership in large-scale architectural initiatives from design to production.
  • Experience applying AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil.

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