Senior Staff Engineer, Blockchain Platform (Remote-First)

Coinbase, Inc.; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Blockchain Platform to shape the infrastructure powering wallet stacks, indexing, and asset lifecycle across 60+ networks. You will lead multi-quarter technical strategy, architect high-availability systems, and drive cross-team initiatives with measurable outcomes.

You will also set engineering standards for security, reliability, and observability, using data signals to drive reliability improvements and presenting plans to executives

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with staff-plus design in high-throughput systems.
• Hands-on experience with blockchain protocols at node/protocol level (EVM chains, Solana, Bitcoin, L2s).
• Proven track record leading large-scale multi-team architectural initiatives at global scale.
• Experience applying AI/automation to reduce operational toil with measurable gains.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive multi-quarter technical strategy for Blockchain Platform, including nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle.
• Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure for high availability, low latency, cost efficiency, and security at scale.
• Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large cross-team architectural initiatives with clear milestones and outcomes.
• Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability across crypto asset operations.
• Own data-driven reliability improvements using observability signals and drive remediation.
• Represent Blockchain Platform in executive forums, aligning stakeholders on strategy and securing buy-in.

Skills

Staff+ level architecture

Blockchain node/protocol experience

Architectural leadership

AI/automation in infra

Generative AI governance

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS or related

Tools

Observability tooling

Security tooling

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Blockchain Platform to shape the infrastructure powering wallet stacks, indexing, and asset lifecycle across 60+ networks. You will lead multi-quarter technical strategy, architect high-availability systems, and drive cross-team initiatives with measurable outcomes.

You will also set engineering standards for security, reliability, and observability, using data signals to drive reliability improvements and presenting plans to executives