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Coinbase · 7 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, Blockchain Platform (Protocol Integrations Team)

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world and is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Protocol Integrations Team. The role involves architecting and developing distributed systems, improving software reliability and scalability, and providing technical leadership while managing project priorities and mentoring team members.

BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTechTrading Platform
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Responsibilities

Streamline and Accelerate Process and Architectures within the Crypto Stack
Architect and develop distributed systems
Improve Software and Infrastructure Reliability, Efficiency and Scalability
Provide technical leadership to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps
Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
Design and implement foundational infrastructure components used by every engineering team in production (e.g. dynamic configuration, secrets storage, container orchestration, etc)
Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers

Qualification

Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsTechnical LeadershipBlockchain ExperienceGolangMicroservicesDockerRubyPostgresMentoring

Required

8+ years of experience in software engineering
You've experienced architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
You're passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together

Preferred

You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from 10 to 100s of engineers)
You have experience with Blockchains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc.)
You have experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices
You've worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres
You've built financial, high reliability or security systems

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.

H1B Sponsorship

Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (181)
2024 (92)
2023 (96)
2022 (284)
2021 (183)
2020 (66)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.46B
Key Investors
ARK Investment ManagementTiger Global ManagementIVP
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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