Remote Data Platform Engineer - Self-Serve Pipelines

Coinbase, Inc.; Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Data Engineering Platform Engineer to join the Data Platform team. You will build SDKs, self-service apps, and abstractions to enable thousands of pipelines with scalable data processing and high-quality APIs.

The role sits between platform and analysts, data scientists, and engineers, delivering reusable patterns and secure, observable data systems across Coinbase.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Strong backend development in Python or Java.
• Fluent SQL for ETL/ELT, data quality, and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks or similar.
• General experience 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 components to support thousands of pipelines as we scale.
• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by data teams and internal services.
• Design and build self-service applications for analysts and data scientists to manage pipelines.
• Develop tooling for data security and observability: access controls, data quality tracking, data cataloging and lineage, usage auditing.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with upstream and downstream teams to design data models and metrics.
• Translate requests from data analysts, ML, and security/compliance into reusable patterns.

Skills

Python/Java backend

SQL

Airflow/BI/AI tools

Data systems/pipelines

Git/Linux/Docker

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Git

Linux

Docker

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Data Engineering Platform Engineer to join the Data Platform team. You will build SDKs, self-service apps, and abstractions to enable thousands of pipelines with scalable data processing and high-quality APIs.

The role sits between platform and analysts, data scientists, and engineers, delivering reusable patterns and secure, observable data systems across Coinbase.