Senior Blockchain Network Engineer — Platform Infra

Coinbase, Inc.; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Blockchain Networks team within the Platform group to build the infrastructure that integrates blockchain protocols with Coinbase's internal services for new assets, stablecoins, and staking.

This role will own multi-quarter technical initiatives, ship platform primitives, define APIs and SLOs, and partner with product and platform teams to drive adoption of SDKs across Coinbase.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of production services in a service-oriented architecture.
• Proven track record designing, scaling, and maintaining distributed systems handling high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
• Hands-on experience with at least two of the following: Golang, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB, or similar infrastructure technologies.
• Direct experience with blockchain protocols or crypto infrastructure (e.g., integrating with Ethereum, Bitcoin, or similar L1/L2 networks).
• Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems (monoliths, legacy architectures) into well-bounded microservices with clear API contracts.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of blockchain network infrastructure that abstracts blockchain complexity into reliable, platform APIs
• Lead multi-quarter initiatives including new chain integrations, re-architecture efforts, and data migrations that improve system latency, reliability, and cost
• Define and maintain APIs, SLOs, and observability for the systems you build, including on-call ownership
• Partner with product and platform teams to establish data contracts and ship SDKs and platform primitives that drive adoption across Coinbase
• Build deep technical context across multiple top blockchain protocols (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum) and apply that knowledge to simplify cross-chain operations

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Golang

Kafka

Redis

MongoDB

Blockchain protocols

Microservices

Generative AI usage

Tools

Golang

Kafka

Redis

MongoDB

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Blockchain Networks team within the Platform group to build the infrastructure that integrates blockchain protocols with Coinbase's internal services for new assets, stablecoins, and staking.

This role will own multi-quarter technical initiatives, ship platform primitives, define APIs and SLOs, and partner with product and platform teams to drive adoption of SDKs across Coinbase.