Coinbase is looking to build the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system by increasing economic freedom in the world. The CDP API team aims to bring the next million developers onchain by enabling trading, lending, payments, and more through easy-to-use APIs and SDKs.
Requirements
- Fluency in Typescript, React, and React Native, and strong experience in at least one of the following: Android, iOS, Unity, Flutter
- Experience with user authentication, Identity and Access Management systems, public key cryptography, browser and mobile persistent storage mechanisms
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, streaming-based systems, and event-driven architectures
- Fluency with crypto wallets, including key management, cryptography, and blockchain protocols (e.g. EVM, Solana)
- Understanding of security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems
- 5+ years of experience in fullstack development
- Established reputation in open source communities, with operational knowledge of how to grow adoption of GitHub repos
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain ergonomic, open-source SDKs for embedded wallets using Typescript, React, React Native, Android, iOS, Unity, and Flutter
- Build scalable interaction patterns involving end user authentication using OAuth, PKCE, Email/SNS OTP, and Passkeys
- Interface with and conformant HTTP REST API definitions using OpenAPI specifications
- Author, publish, and maintain clear and concise documentation, including quickstart and how-to guides, to increase adoption of the SDKs
- Work closely with many different teams at Coinbase to integrate embedded wallets into internal products, ensuring consistency of concepts, style, and design
- Work directly with customers to collect their feedback and iteratively improve the APIs and SDKs
- Troubleshoot and debug complex fullstack issues, ensuring stability, reliability, and security
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 verbal and written communication skills, with an eye for detail and a passion for clear, comprehensive developer documentation
- Passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system.
- Eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up.
