Coinbase is seeking to build the foundational layer for the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) which defines how organizations structure themselves, how users and customers are represented and verified, how funds are contained and owned, and how access is controlled. This role will contribute to building the core data model and primitives that power CDP.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on backend systems
- Expertise in languages such as Golang (preferred), C, Rust or Python
- Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures
- Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development, integration and authentication protocols like OAuth and JWT
- Familiarity with AWS and containerization using Kubernetes
- Understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices/distributed architecture
- Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP
- Author technical design documents (TDDs), providing technical leadership and driving clarity across complex projects
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects through implementation, deployment, and monitoring
- Improve and maintain operational excellence standards across the team, proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability
- Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team-wide environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
Other
- In-person participation is required throughout the year.
- Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Experience designing public-facing APIs
