Remote-First Senior Staff Blockchain Platform Engineer

Coinbase, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Blockchain Platform team. You will shape the technical vision for the infrastructure that connects every Coinbase product to the broader crypto economy, building and operating nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems across 60+ networks and 300+ tokens.

You will lead cross-team architectural initiatives, drive security and observability, and partner with executives to align on high-impact bets that accelerate growth

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years operating at staff-plus level designing and scaling high-throughput transaction systems.
• Experience with blockchain protocols at node or protocol level (e.g., EVM, Solana, Bitcoin, L2s).
• Experience applying AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil in platform contexts.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy for Blockchain Platform, spanning nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle.
• Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure for high availability, low latency, cost efficiency, and security at global scale.
• Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large cross-team architectural initiatives with clear milestones.
• Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability across crypto asset operations.

Skills

Staff-level leadership

Blockchain protocols knowledge

Architecture leadership

AI for ops

Tools

Node infrastructure

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Blockchain Platform team. You will shape the technical vision for the infrastructure that connects every Coinbase product to the broader crypto economy, building and operating nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems across 60+ networks and 300+ tokens.

You will lead cross-team architectural initiatives, drive security and observability, and partner with executives to align on high-impact bets that accelerate growth