Senior Blockchain Platform Engineer - Scalable Low-Latency

Coinbase; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Blockchain Networks team within the Platform group. You will build core infrastructure that connects blockchain protocols to Coinbase services, delivering reliable APIs and platform primitives for new assets, stablecoins, and staking.

You will own long-term technical initiatives, improve latency and cost, and collaborate with product teams to drive cross-team adoption.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in a service-oriented architecture.
• Proven track record designing, scaling, and maintaining distributed systems.
• 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., Ethereum, Bitcoin, or similar L1/L2 networks).
• Demonstrated ability to decompose complex systems into well-bounded microservices with clear API contracts.
• Generative AI usage with human oversight to improve 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 to improve 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.
• Build deep technical context across top blockchain protocols (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum) and apply it to simplify cross-chain operations.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

AI for workflow improvements

System design

Ownership & on-call

Tools

Golang

Kafka

Redis

MongoDB

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Blockchain Networks team within the Platform group. You will build core infrastructure that connects blockchain protocols to Coinbase services, delivering reliable APIs and platform primitives for new assets, stablecoins, and staking.

You will own long-term technical initiatives, improve latency and cost, and collaborate with product teams to drive cross-team adoption.