About the position
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system. We’re seeking a very specific candidate who is passionate about our mission and believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be. We’re looking to hire a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join one of our teams within the Platform Product Group. The Platform Product Group’s mission is to build a trusted, scalable, and compliant platform to maximize velocity, efficiency and quality.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement next generation core FinTech systems that power Coinbase
- Interact with stakeholders in many different organizations that build Coinbase products or are responsible for financial operations
- Participate in shaping the strategy and execution path of FinHub
- Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
- Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
- Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in backend software engineering using Golang or similar languages
- Domain expertise in FinTech and/or trading
- Proven track record of delivering impactful solutions that power significant fund flows
- Experience in designing, building, scaling and maintaining high throughput and low latency production services
- Experience in architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
- Strong technical knowledge of building distributed systems that process massive scale
- Solid communication skills, ability to communicate to stakeholders with various technical and non-technical backgrounds
- Relentless drive to set and perseverance to achieve ambitious goals
- Passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together
Nice-to-haves
- Practical experience of building ledgering or trading systems at large scale
- Experience both in startups and large enterprises
- Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Target bonus
- Target equity
