Senior Backend Engineer, Access & Authorization

Coinbase, Inc.

Honolulu (HI)

Hybrid

USD 186,000 - 219,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape authentication and access layers across our platform. You will build secure, high-throughput Go services and contribute to company-wide security and customer experience initiatives.

This role emphasizes design leadership, cross-team collaboration, and robust operational practices. You will own end-to-end auth capabilities, including OAuth workflows, tokens, 2FA, and edge authorization, while mentoring others and delivering scalable

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with Go or a comparable language.
  • Experience designing secure APIs with OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWTs and tokens.
  • Proficiency with gRPC and data stores like Redis or DynamoDB; strong observability.
  • Track record delivering cross-functional projects from design to production.
  • Uses AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end design and operation of authentication, sessions, tokens, and 2FA.
  • Build secure, low-latency Go and gRPC services across Coinbase products.
  • Lead technical designs for signed tokens, passkeys, device-aware auth, and mobile OAuth.
  • Collaborate with product, security, fraud and infra teams to balance goals and constraints.
  • Create self-service tooling for teams to adopt access capabilities safely at scale.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to reviews, pairing, and on-call duties.

Skills

Go
API design
gRPC
Distributed systems
Cross-functional
AI usage

Tools

Redis
DynamoDB
Protobufs

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape authentication and access layers across our platform. You will build secure, high-throughput Go services and contribute to company-wide security and customer experience initiatives.

This role emphasizes design leadership, cross-team collaboration, and robust operational practices. You will own end-to-end auth capabilities, including OAuth workflows, tokens, 2FA, and edge authorization, while mentoring others and delivering scalable

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