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
3 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$236,840 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $237k versus about $206k 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 94 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $191,250–$218,900 across 85 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

The Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure joins the Platform group to own the tools and systems every engineer depends on to build and ship software. You will own core developer infrastructure platforms, including CI/build systems and deployment orchestration, across the full lifecycle from design through production operation. Responsibilities include identifying high-leverage problems, turning ambiguous challenges into technical roadmaps, and driving step-change improvements to build wall time, deploy speed, and developer feedback latency. You will lead strategic initiatives like large-scale platform migrations while owning SLOs, observability, and on-call. Required skills include 8+ years building production distributed systems, proficiency in Go or comparable systems languages, and experience in CI/CD or deployment tooling. You must demonstrate technical leadership, operational expertise, and the ability to utilize generative AI responsibly.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 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.
  • Convert ambiguous challenges into concrete technical roadmaps and drive alignment across dependent teams.
  • Improve key metrics including build wall time, deployment speed, safety, and developer feedback latency.
  • Lead large-scale platform migrations and strategic cross-cutting initiatives end to end.
  • Manage reliability by owning SLOs, observability, and on-call for developer infrastructure systems.
  • Partner with leadership and engineering customers to shape technical strategy and drive org-wide adoption.
  • Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing, and shared ownership of production systems.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience building and operating production distributed systems.
  • Hands-on proficiency in Go or a comparable systems language.
  • Direct experience in CI/CD, build systems, or deployment tooling.
  • Track record of designing and shipping high-impact backend or platform systems from ambiguous problem statements.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership on cross-team initiatives, including setting architectural direction and driving org-wide alignment.
  • Deep operational expertise in production systems, including designing for reliability, observability, and fast recovery.
  • Proven ability to drive alignment on cross-functional problems through mentorship, design review, and clear communication.
  • Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency.

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