Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Apps

Coinbase

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$218,025–$256,500 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $195,442–$238,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $237k versus about $217k 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, Enterprise Apps

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Agent Engagement and Experience team within the Enterprise Applications and Architecture organization, you will build customer experience platforms that power service and compliance processes for agents. You will architect and deliver distributed backend systems and foundational infrastructure components, including dynamic configuration, container orchestration, and secrets storage. Your daily work involves leading technical direction, defining strategic roadmaps, and mentoring engineers on design techniques and coding standards. You will utilize Golang, gRPC, TypeScript, and React to build high-reliability services. Technical requirements include experience with Kafka, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. This role solves the business problem of streamlining complex customer service workflows and KYC compliance processes to improve accuracy and satisfaction.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Architect and deliver distributed backend systems and foundational infrastructure using Golang, gRPC, TypeScript, and React.
  • Define strategic technical roadmaps and translate ambiguous problems into clear architectural plans with measurable outcomes.
  • Build and scale high-reliability services to streamline CX agent workflows and compliance processes.
  • Own end-to-end delivery of services from initial design through production deployment.
  • Mentor engineers on design techniques, coding standards, testing practices, and operational best practices.
  • Partner cross-functionally to identify platform improvements and communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders.
  • Utilize generative AI responsibly to drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience architecting and delivering distributed systems for high-impact problems.
  • Deep proficiency in Go (Golang) building scalable, high-traffic backend services.
  • Experience with API development (gRPC, GraphQL), event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ), and SQL or NoSQL databases.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with rate limiters, caching, load balancing, circuit breakers, and observability tools.
  • Proven track record of leading technical projects end-to-end and mentoring engineers.
  • Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical leaders.

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