Senior Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile

Coinbase

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$253,895–$298,700 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $276k
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This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $276k versus about $190k 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 68 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $199,367–$234,550 across 62 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Native Mobile on the App Infra team, you will serve as a technical architect for a major client platform shift from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin builds. You will define the technical strategy for this migration, designing AI-assisted automation paradigms such as agent swarms and automated dual-repo synchronization. Your role involves building a paved-road framework to enable single developers to work across both iOS and Android codebases while mentoring engineers and establishing architectural patterns for thirty product teams. You must possess over twelve years of experience in mobile development, deep expertise in performance optimization like cold start and frame stability, and proficiency in designing AI-native engineering workflows. This role addresses the complex technical challenge of migrating a massive user base to a high-performance native mobile infrastructure.

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What you'll do

  • Define the technical strategy for migrating from React Native to native Swift and Kotlin builds.
  • Design AI-assisted migration workflows including agent swarms and automated dual-repo synchronization.
  • Architect a "paved-road" native framework that allows developers to work across both iOS and Android codebases.
  • Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership to resolve cross-team blockers and align on technical decisions.
  • Mentor senior engineers and develop the technical leadership pipeline for the mobile organization.
  • Establish best practices and foster community connection among all mobile engineers at Coinbase.
  • Implement AI-native engineering workflows using LLMs and automated patterns to improve development efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in iOS or Android native mobile development.
  • Proficiency in both Swift/iOS and Kotlin/Android is required for this role.
  • Proven track record of owning outcomes across multiple teams, including large-scale platform migrations or rewrites.
  • Deep mobile performance expertise on both platforms, including cold start optimization and frame stability.
  • Experience influencing technical direction at senior levels and securing leadership alignment on high-stakes decisions.
  • Experience designing AI-native engineering workflows, such as LLM-driven code generation or agent-based automation.
  • Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency and quality.

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