Senior Staff Engineer, Blockchain Platform & Infrastructure

Coinbase, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Blockchain Platform team. You will define the technical vision for infrastructure that connects every Coinbase product to the broader crypto economy, and lead the wallet stack, indexing infrastructure, and asset identifier systems.

You'll drive high-availability, low-latency design across nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems for 60+ blockchains and 300+ tokens, shaping how millions of transactions execute with

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with staff-plus level design and scaling of high-throughput transaction systems.
• Experience with one or more blockchain protocols at node or protocol level (e.g., EVM chains, Solana, Bitcoin, L2s).
• Proven track record leading large-scale, multi-team architectural initiatives for critical infrastructure at global scale.
• Experience applying AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil with measurable improvements.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy for Blockchain Platform, spanning nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle, to support new chain integrations, products and growth.
• Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure for high availability, low latency, cost efficiency, and security at global scale.
• Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large cross-team architectural initiatives with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability across all crypto asset operations.
• Own data-driven reliability improvements using observability signals to identify structural gaps and lead remediation.
• Represent Blockchain Platform in executive and cross-org forums, aligning stakeholders on strategy and securing buy-in for high-impact technical bets.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Staff-level leadership

Blockchain protocol experience

AI automation in ops

Generative AI governance

Cross-team architectural leadership

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join the Blockchain Platform team. You will define the technical vision for infrastructure that connects every Coinbase product to the broader crypto economy, and lead the wallet stack, indexing infrastructure, and asset identifier systems.

You'll drive high-availability, low-latency design across nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems for 60+ blockchains and 300+ tokens, shaping how millions of transactions execute with