Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure (Test Infrastructure)

Coinbase

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$218,025–$256,500 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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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 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 (Test Infrastructure)

As a Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure (Test Infrastructure) on the Platform team, you will define and own the technical strategy for test infrastructure across the engineering organization. You will build and operate core services including test orchestration, smart test selection, sharding, flaky-test detection, and test result analysis to ensure fast, reliable test signals. The role requires owning systems end to end, including architecture, observability, SLOs, and on-call operations. You will utilize Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, containers, and Datadog to solve the problem of test infrastructure becoming a bottleneck as AI accelerates code generation. You must possess deep experience in distributed systems and test execution at scale to drive measurable improvements in feedback speed and signal reliability for other engineering teams.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define and own the technical strategy for test infrastructure across all Coinbase engineering teams.
  • Build and operate core services for test orchestration, smart test selection, sharding, and flaky-test detection.
  • Improve test feedback speed and signal reliability to enable faster software shipping.
  • Own systems end-to-end, including architecture, observability, SLOs, and on-call operations.
  • Partner with engineering teams to identify and resolve infrastructure bottlenecks.
  • Mentor engineers and establish technical standards for organizational test infrastructure.
  • Utilize generative AI to drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience building and operating production software.
  • Proficiency in Go or a similar programming language.
  • Deep experience in test infrastructure, including test execution at scale, flaky-test detection, sharding, and test result analysis.
  • Proven experience operating reliable systems at scale using Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, containers, and Datadog.
  • Track record of defining and delivering technical strategy for foundational systems that other teams depend on.
  • Demonstrated success measuring platform impact through developer adoption, SLOs, and incident response processes.
  • Experience utilizing generative AI responsibly to drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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