Remote-First Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Apps

Coinbase; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly in-person surges

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first company looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Enterprise Applications and Architecture team. You will build customer service and compliance platforms at scale, mentoring engineers and guiding technical direction.

You’ll own distributed backend systems using Go, gRPC, TypeScript and React, working with teams across time zones to improve CX workflows and compliance outcomes at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Expert Go (Golang) production backend development and API design (gRPC/GraphQL).
• Experience with cloud infra and DevOps tooling (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD).
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and leading cross-team projects.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver distributed backend systems and foundational infrastructure components.
• Lead technical direction for the team with engineering management and stakeholders.
• Build and scale high-reliability services, owning end-to-end delivery from design to production.
• Mentor engineers on design techniques, coding standards, testing practices, and operational best practices.
• Collaborate across time zones to identify platform improvements and communicate complex concepts clearly.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

gRPC

GraphQL

Kafka

SQL/NoSQL

Mentoring

AI tooling

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Coinbase is a remote-first company looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Enterprise Applications and Architecture team. You will build customer service and compliance platforms at scale, mentoring engineers and guiding technical direction.

You’ll own distributed backend systems using Go, gRPC, TypeScript and React, working with teams across time zones to improve CX workflows and compliance outcomes at scale.