Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

Coinbase

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$218,025–$256,500 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $201k
This role $237k
$130k most similar roles pay here $270k

This role pays more than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $164,750–$237,262 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $237k versus about $201k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 58 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $215,177–$253,150 across 50 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

As a Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure, you will join the Platform team to own the tools and systems that every engineer uses to build and ship software. You will be responsible for scalable CI and build infrastructure as well as deployment orchestration, focusing on improving metrics like build wall time, deploy speed, and feedback latency. The role involves turning ambiguous problems into technical roadmaps, leading large-scale platform migrations, and ensuring high reliability through observability and SLO management. You will work with Go or comparable systems languages to manage production distributed systems. Key responsibilities include setting architectural direction for cross-cutting initiatives, mentoring other engineers, and driving organizational alignment. The role addresses the critical challenge of providing stable, high-performance infrastructure that supports thousands of engineers across the entire company.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own core developer infrastructure platforms including CI/build systems and deployment orchestration from design through production operation.
  • Translate ambiguous and unscoped challenges into concrete technical roadmaps for the engineering organization.
  • Improve key metrics such as build wall time, deployment speed, safety, and developer feedback latency.
  • Lead large-scale platform migrations and cross-cutting initiatives across multiple dependent teams.
  • Manage reliability standards by owning SLOs, observability, and on-call rotations for high-impact systems.
  • Partner with leadership and engineering customers to shape technical strategy and drive organization-wide adoption.
  • Mentor engineers through design reviews, pair programming, and shared ownership of infrastructure projects.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience building and operating production distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in Go or a comparable systems language.
  • Experience with CI/CD, build systems, or deployment tooling.
  • Track record of designing and shipping high-impact backend or platform systems.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership on cross-team initiatives and architectural direction.
  • Deep operational expertise in reliability, observability, and fast recovery for high-blast-radius systems.
  • Ability to drive alignment on ambiguous problems through mentorship and clear communication.
  • Experience using generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency and quality.

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