Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Coinbase; India; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cryptocurrency company in India is seeking a mid-senior level Software Engineer to join their Data Platform Team. The role focuses on building and operating foundational data-heavy services, ensuring efficient data processing and integration. Candidates should have strong backend development skills in Python or Go, along with a good grasp of data systems. The role fosters collaboration and offers opportunities to influence the company's data infrastructure. This position is full-time and requires hybrid participation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience in building and maintaining data integration frameworks.
• Experience with cloud data storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate data-heavy services.
• Build and maintain data integration & process SDKs.
• Create self-service applications for data management.

Skills

Strong Python

Go or Java backend development skills

General experience with data systems or pipelines

Familiarity with design patterns

Proficiency in SQL

Experience with Airflow

Job description

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

We’re seeking a candidate who is passionate about our mission and believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. This role is perfect for someone eager to leave their mark, relish the pressure and privilege of working with high‑caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to level up. It demands the ability to run toward, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. If you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote‑first, we are not remote‑only. In‑person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company‑wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Platform Product Group

The mission of this group is to build a trusted, scalable and compliant platform to operate with speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams build and maintain the platforms critical to the existence of Coinbase. The group includes Product Foundations (Identity, Payment, Risk, Proofing & Regulatory, Finhub), Machine Learning, Customer Experience, and Infrastructure.

Data Platform Team

The Data Platform team builds and operates systems to centralize all of Coinbase’s internal and third‑party data, making it easy for teams across the company to access, process, and transform that data for analytics, machine learning, and powering end‑user experiences. As an engineer on this team you will contribute to the full spectrum of our systems, from foundational data processing and storage to scalable pipelines, frameworks, tools, and internal applications.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, build, and operate foundational data‑heavy services: storage (cloud data warehouse, data lake), orchestration (Airflow), batch processing (Spark, SQL), streaming services (Kafka), query federation and caching, time‑series db, graph db, and real‑time event aggregation stores.
• Build and maintain data integration & process SDKs for internal services and product teams throughout Coinbase.
• Design and build self‑service applications to enable users to manage and troubleshoot their own data pipelines.
• Build services for end‑to‑end data security and observability: access controls across multiple layers, data quality tracking, cataloging datasets and lineage, usage auditing.
• Convert functional requests from analysts, ML, and compliance into reusable, scalable patterns and assemble data microservices into platforms for business verticals and user cohorts.

What we look for in you

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python, Go, or Java backend development skills.
• General experience with data systems or pipelines.
• Familiarity with design patterns such as scale‑out, caching, key/value, and columnar.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, Airflow, and BI for operational insights.

Nice to Have

• Crypto‑forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain‑based services.

Job #: GPDP05IN

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30‑day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase’s roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.

For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.

The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Financial Services and Internet Marketplace Platforms