Senior Software Engineer, Cryptographic Infrastructure & PKI

Coinbase, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead cryptographic infrastructure within the Security Platform Engineering group, building high-availability services for internal and external partners.

You will define multi-quarter technical strategies, own ambitious initiatives in a zero-trust environment, and mentor senior engineers while driving secure, reliable execution across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building highly available, distributed systems.
• Deep domain expertise in PKI and applied cryptography.
• Experience operating certificate authorities and automating X.509 lifecycles in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and execution of cryptographic infrastructure.
• Define technical strategies with a multi-quarter horizon for cryptographic solutions.
• Own risky, ambitious initiatives in a zero-trust environment.
• Shape engineering quality practices and drive rigorous code reviews.
• Build alignment with Security, Product, and Policy for flawless execution.

Skills

Distributed systems

PKI

Applied cryptography

Golang

Java/C++/Rust

Tools

HSMs

Cloud KMS

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead cryptographic infrastructure within the Security Platform Engineering group, building high-availability services for internal and external partners.

You will define multi-quarter technical strategies, own ambitious initiatives in a zero-trust environment, and mentor senior engineers while driving secure, reliable execution across teams.