Senior Remote Data Platform Engineer - SDKs & Pipelines

Coinbase, Inc.; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to join the Data Platform team. You will build SDKs, self-service apps, and abstractions enabling thousands of pipelines while ensuring data security and quality across the platform.

The role collaborates with analysts, data scientists, and engineers to deliver scalable data solutions, with emphasis on building reusable components and data APIs in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience.
• Strong Python or Java backend development skills.
• Fluent SQL for ETL/ELT, data quality, and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or similar.
• General experience working with data systems or data pipelines.
• Working knowledge of git, Linux, and Docker.
• Airflow, BI, and AI tool experience.

Responsibilities

• Build clean software abstractions and modular, reusable components for thousands of pipelines as we scale.
• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by data teams across Coinbase.
• Design and build self-service apps for analysts and data scientists to manage pipelines.
• Develop tooling for data security and observability: access controls, data quality tracking, lineage, auditing.
• Collaborate with upstream teams to structure databases and expose good data APIs.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

ETL/ELT

Data pipelines

Airflow

BI

AI tools

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Git

Linux

Docker

Airflow

Job description

Coinbase is seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer to join the Data Platform team. You will build SDKs, self-service apps, and abstractions enabling thousands of pipelines while ensuring data security and quality across the platform.

The role collaborates with analysts, data scientists, and engineers to deliver scalable data solutions, with emphasis on building reusable components and data APIs in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.