Coinbase

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Coinbase

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $186,065 - $218,900 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Build scalable systems and components, making the right tradeoffs to account for stability and long-term maintainability.
  • Design, write, test, and release product-facing features with stringent correctness and scalability requirements.
  • Collaborate with our frontend and data teams to fine tune our REST APIs supporting millions of customers.
  • Mentor junior developers on the team and lead project of large complexity.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software development experience with experience writing performant, large scale distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with writing highly concurrent systems and good intuition for REST API design.
  • Proven experience working on large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team.
  • Strong technical grasp with excellent judgment on task prioritizations.
  • Ability to solve complex engineering problems that deliver results aligned with team objectives.
  • Ability to mentor junior developers and lead the team technically on new initiatives and system improvements.
Benefits
  • Full time offers from Coinbase include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
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Soft Skills
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