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Coinbase · 19 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Platform - Compute)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
money$181K/yr - $219K/yr
date5+ years exp

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. The role involves building and operating the Kubernetes platform, improving scalability and reliability, and supporting critical services for Coinbase.

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Responsibilities

Build tooling and automation to make management of our Kubernetes clusters easy and reliable
Build tooling and automation to improve the developer and operational experience of working with Kubernetes for all users
Operationalize our Kubernetes platform so that it continues to be automated and self-healing to prevent unnecessary oncall burden
Develop net-new Kubernetes-related capabilities for service owners at Coinbase (e.g. one off jobs, cron, different deployment strategies, support for EFS, automated right sizing)
Support our customers as they operate critical services for Coinbase in Kubernetes

Qualification

KubernetesAWSGCPBackend servicesScaling infrastructureQuality assuranceProblem solvingInterpersonal skillsSelf-starter

Required

You have at least 5+ years of software engineering experience and experience with Kubernetes, or similar compute orchestration systems (e.g. mesos, nomad)
Strong AWS and/or GCP infrastructure knowledge
Ability to build backend services in addition to infrastructure
Ability to hold a high bar for quality, are a self starter, and have strong interpersonal skills
Strong problem solving skills and ability to identify problems, determine their root cause, and see them through to solution
Ability to balance business needs with technical solutions
Has experience scaling backend infrastructure

Benefits

Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company

Coinbase

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Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies.
dateFounded in 2012
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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https://www.coinbase.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2024 (92)
2023 (96)
2022 (284)
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2020 (66)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.46B
Key Investors
ARK Investment ManagementDFJ GrowthTiger Global Management
2025-12-19Post Ipo Equity· $4.2M
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M

Leadership Team

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Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
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Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
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