Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team to build systems that centralize Coinbase's data for analytics, ML, and end-user experiences. You will own data services across warehouses, lakes, and streaming frameworks, and enable self-service data pipelines at scale.

You will collaborate with analysts, ML engineers, and security teams to craft reusable patterns and secure data platforms. A remote-first culture with in-person surges supports collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with production data pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java for backend development.
• Experience with scale-out data infrastructure patterns and storage.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka in production.
• Experience with data security, access control, or observability.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and operation of foundational data services spanning cloud data warehouses, data lakes, orchestration (Airflow), batch processing (Spark, SQL), streaming (Kafka), query federation, and real-time event aggregation stores.
• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by internal services and product teams throughout Coinbase to interact with the data platform reliably at scale.
• Deliver self-service applications that empower users to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot their own data pipelines running on our platform infrastructure.
• Architect end-to-end data security and observability services, including access controls across multiple storage and access layers, data quality tracking, dataset cataloging, lineage, and usage auditing.
• Partner with data analysts, ML engineers, and security and compliance teams to convert functional requests into reusable, scalable patterns and assemble data microservices into platforms for critical business verticals.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Go

Java

Data pipelines

SQL

Airflow

Spark

Kafka

Data security

Observability

Generative AI usage

Tools

Airflow

Spark

Kafka

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team within the Platform group, you will help build the systems that centralize all of Coinbase's internal and third-party data. The Data Platform team makes it easy for teams across the company to access, process, and transform data for analytics, machine learning, and powering end-user experiences. You'll contribute to the full spectrum of our systems, from foundational data storage and processing to scalable pipelines, frameworks, and internal applications that make data efficiently available to every team at Coinbase.

What you’ll do:

• Own the design, development, and operation of foundational data services spanning cloud data warehouses, data lakes, orchestration (Airflow), batch processing (Spark, SQL), streaming (Kafka), query federation, and real-time event aggregation stores.

• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by internal services and product teams throughout Coinbase to interact with the data platform reliably at scale.

• Deliver self-service applications that empower users to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot their own data pipelines running on our platform infrastructure.

• Architect end-to-end data security and observability services, including access controls across multiple storage and access layers, data quality tracking, dataset cataloging, lineage, and usage auditing.

• Partner with data analysts, ML engineers, and security and compliance teams to convert functional requests into reusable, scalable patterns and assemble data microservices into platforms for critical business verticals.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with hands-on experience building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production.

• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java for backend development, with demonstrated ability to build services that process and serve data at scale.

• Experience with data infrastructure patterns including scale-out architectures, caching layers, key/value stores, and columnar storage systems.

• Hands-on experience with SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, or similar data processing and orchestration frameworks in production environments.

• Experience with data security, access control, or data observability systems, including cataloging, lineage, or quality monitoring.

• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

*Pay Transparency Notice:** *Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$186,065—$218,900 USD

• *Application Limit: *Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

• *Equal Opportunity Employer: *Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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