Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Coinbase seeks a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to build and scale platform infrastructure for backend services, focusing on Go/Ruby stacks, containers, and distributed databases in a remote US setting.

Key Responsibilities

Build and scale real-time invariant enforcement across Coinbase’s fund flows
Contribute to core platform tooling
Own end-to-end development from design to production
Mentor junior engineers

Technical Overview

Strong emphasis on distributed systems and API development using Golang and Ruby; containerized deployments with Docker and data stores including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior backend engineer with 5+ years of experience in Golang and Ruby, proficient with Docker and distributed databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB or DynamoDB), and comfortable building platform-level infrastructure in a crypto-forward, fintech environment.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of software development experienceExperience building platform-level infrastructureExperience with Golang and RubyExperience with DockerExperience with PostgresExperience with MongoDB or DynamoDBCrypto-forward experienceKnowledge of onchain activity

Nice-to-Have Skills

Streaming data infrastructure (KafkaFlinkSpark)Experience with GolangRubyDockerPostgresMongoDB or DynamoDBCrypto on-chain activity familiarity

Tools & Platforms

DockerPostgreSQLMongoDBDynamoDBKubernetes

Required Skills

5+ years software development experienceplatform-level infrastructureGolangRubyDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBDynamoDBdistributed systemsAPIs

Hard Skills

GolangRubyDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBDynamoDBDistributed systemsAPIsGoSecurity

Soft Skills

ownershipstrong sense of correctnessmentoringcollaborationcommunication

Industry & Role

Industry Fintech

Job Function Develop and scale backend platform infrastructure for Coinbase

Role Subtype Backend Engineer

Tech Domains PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Docker, Golang, Ruby, Kubernetes, APIs, Distributed systems

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior Software EngineerBackendGoGolangRubyDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBDynamoDBAPIsDistributed systemsCryptoBlockchainWeb3

Deal Breakers

5+ years software development, Experience with Golang and Ruby, Docker and PostgreSQL experience

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