Data Platform Engineer: Self-Serve Pipelines & SDKs

Coinbase; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Data Engineering Platform Engineer to build and maintain scalable data abstractions and self-service tools that power analytics and ML across the company. You will design pipelines, SDKs, and interfaces used by analysts and data scientists, while ensuring data security and observability.

You will work with a cross-functional team to surface high‑quality data APIs, optimize processing, and deliver reliable data products for end users and internal services across Coinbase.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data engineering experience.
• Backend development in Python or Java.
• Fluent SQL for ETL/ELT and data analysis.
• Experience with Snowflake or Databricks.
• Experience with data pipelines and data systems.
• Familiarity with Git, Linux, Docker.
• Experience with Airflow and BI/AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Build clean software abstractions and modular components to support thousands of pipelines as we scale.
• Develop and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by data teams.
• Design self-service apps that let analysts create and manage pipelines.
• Build tooling for data security, observability, access controls and data lineage.
• Collaborate with upstream/downstream teams to define data models and metrics.

Skills

Python/Java

SQL

Data pipelines

Git/Linux/Docker

Airflow/BI/AI tools

Snowflake/Databricks

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Git

Linux

Docker

Airflow

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Data Engineering Platform Engineer to build and maintain scalable data abstractions and self-service tools that power analytics and ML across the company. You will design pipelines, SDKs, and interfaces used by analysts and data scientists, while ensuring data security and observability.

You will work with a cross-functional team to surface high‑quality data APIs, optimize processing, and deliver reliable data products for end users and internal services across Coinbase.