Data Platform Engineer: Scale Pipelines (Remote-First)

Coinbase; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Data Engineering Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform team. You will build abstractions, SDKs, and self-service apps that empower analysts, data scientists, and engineers to run pipelines efficiently.

The role spans data processing, security tooling, and cross-team collaboration. You will work with Python/Java, SQL, and engines like Snowflake or Databricks, ensuring robust data models and observability while contributing to a fast-paced, remote-first environment with

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience
• Strong Python or Java backend development
• Fluent SQL for ETL/ELT, data quality, and analysis
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or similar
• General experience working with data systems or data pipelines
• Working knowledge of git, Linux, and Docker
• Airflow, BI, and AI tool experience

Responsibilities

• Build clean software abstractions and modular, reusable components that let us support thousands of pipelines and beyond as we scale.
• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by data teams and internal services across Coinbase.
• Design and build self-service applications that let analysts and data scientists create, manage, and troubleshoot their own pipelines without deep platform knowledge.
• Build tooling for data security and observability: access controls across storage and access layers, data quality tracking, dataset cataloging and lineage, usage auditing.
• Work cross-functionally: consult upstream teams on structuring their databases to expose good data APIs, and give downstream data scientists well-designed, well-documented data models and metrics.
• Convert functional requests from data analysts, ML, and security & compliance into reusable, scalable patterns.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

Snowflake

Databricks

Git

Linux

Docker

Airflow

BI tools

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Data Engineering Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform team. You will build abstractions, SDKs, and self-service apps that empower analysts, data scientists, and engineers to run pipelines efficiently.

The role spans data processing, security tooling, and cross-team collaboration. You will work with Python/Java, SQL, and engines like Snowflake or Databricks, ensuring robust data models and observability while contributing to a fast-paced, remote-first environment with