Senior Software Engineer (EAA)

Coinbase; Carson City (NV); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (EAA) to join the Compliance CXAE team. You will build full-stack applications enabling compliance agents to improve productivity, automate processes, and scale via integrations.

The role emphasizes end-to-end development, reliability, and mentoring across distributed teams in a remote-first environment with occasional in-person surges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping large-scale systems.
• Experience with Golang and React on cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• Proven ability to integrate third-party tools and manage external platforms.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end user-facing features using Golang, React, and cloud tech.
• Lead assessment and implementation of third-party tool integrations.
• Drive cross-functional delivery with product, design, security, data, and other engineers.
• Architect platform improvements for reusable capabilities across teams.
• Own reliability for Tier-1 systems and address issues proactively.
• Mentor engineers on design, testing, releases, and observability.

Skills

Golang

React

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

BuildKite

Third-party integrations

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

SQL/NoSQL databases

gRPC

GraphQL

ETL

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring / leadership

Tools

Kafka

MQ

GraphQL

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.

Senior Software Engineer (EAA)

The EAA Compliance CXAE team, part of Coinbase's Enterprise Applications and Architecture org, builds AI-first surfaces, tools, and applications that streamline compliance processes and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Compliance agents. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll build full-stack applications that enable Coinbase Compliance Agents to increase productivity, drive automation, and deliver impact at scale through custom development and third-party integrations.

What you'll do:

• Build end-to-end user-facing features using Golang, React, and cloud technologies, delivering AI-first compliance tooling that improves agent productivity and KYC process accuracy.
• Lead assessment, selection, and implementation of third-party tools and vendor integrations into the compliance agent experience platform.
• Drive cross-functional delivery of complex technical solutions in collaboration with product, design, security, data, and peer engineering teams.
• Architect platform improvements that build upon existing development practices and technical domains, delivering reusable capabilities that benefit multiple teams across the organization.
• Own reliability for Tier-1 compliance systems by anticipating potential issues before they reach production and adapting your approach proactively to work within constraints.
• Mentor engineers in full-stack design techniques, coding best practices, testing, release and deployment processes, documentation, and observability (metrics, logging, tracing).

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience developing large-scale systems with Golang and React, shipping user-facing features on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, BuildKite or similar).
• Demonstrated experience with third-party vendor integrations, including assessment, implementation, and ongoing operational management of external platforms.
• Proven track record building and operating large-scale, high-traffic platforms with hands-on experience in rate limiters, caching, load balancing, circuit breakers, and distributed debugging.
• Proficiency in event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ), SQL or NoSQL databases, and service communication patterns (gRPC, GraphQL, ETL), with experience authoring and contributing to technical architecture decisions.
• Experience working across distributed teams and time zones, translating complex technical concepts into clear narratives for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 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

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