Staff Software Engineer – Platform, Identity

Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer leading Identity Accounts team, delivering essential platform services at Coinbase. Collaborating with product groups and driving roadmap execution for critical engineering functions.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeCalifornia, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $218,025 - $256,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoGRPCKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive roadmap execution across three focused sub-teams
Own reliability and operational excellence for 8+ mission-critical services
Represent the team to internal product groups and key partners
Partner with Product and your EM to define strategic roadmaps
Champion engineering excellence
Accelerate internal customers by reducing onboarding time

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience
Demonstrated track record of architecting and delivering systems at scale
Proven experience leading AI/LLM product development
Strong command of Go, gRPC, Kubernetes, and service mesh architectures
Ability to drive technical clarity in ambiguous situations
History of influencing across organizational boundaries
Excellent written and verbal communication
Based in or able to commute to NYC or SF

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringarchitecting systemsdelivering systems at scaleAI product developmentLLM product developmentGogRPCKubernetesservice mesh architectures

Soft Skills

technical clarityinfluencingwritten communicationverbal communication