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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
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The Software Engineer, Blockchain Platform Nodes joins the CB Node team within the Platform organization to manage the blockchain nodes powering various assets across fifty-five unique protocols, including Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana. This role focuses on performance optimization and reliability across the blockchain platform stack. You will diagnose root causes of resource consumption, implement system-level fixes to reduce infrastructure spend, and build observability, health-check, and automated failover systems. Key responsibilities include profiling workloads, defining SLOs and SLIs, and supporting protocol upgrades with a performance-first lens. Required skills include backend programming proficiency in Go, experience with distributed systems, and familiarity with systems tooling like pprof, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana. You will also utilize generative AI to drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency and quality.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.
Perform performance analysis and optimization across the blockchain node stack to reduce infrastructure spend.
Build observability, health-check, and automated failover capabilities for blockchain nodes.
Execute right-sizing improvements by profiling workloads and identifying over-provisioned instances.
Define and implement SLOs and SLIs for node services to create reliability measurement frameworks.
Validate new blockchain versions for resource efficiency and perform regression testing before production rollouts.
Partner with integration, wallet, and indexer teams to extend performance improvements across the platform.
What we're looking for
2+ years of experience in software engineering with exposure to systems-level performance analysis, profiling, or optimization of production infrastructure.
Experience operating distributed systems, including diagnosing resource bottlenecks, tuning service performance, or managing capacity.
Proficiency in backend programming (Go preferred).
Familiarity with systems tooling for profiling, tracing, and observability such as pprof, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Demonstrated ability to improve infrastructure efficiency through engineering optimization rather than simply scaling resources.
Exposure to blockchain nodes, consensus protocols, or crypto infrastructure (preferred).
Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly to deliver business-ready outputs and drive workflow efficiency.