Senior Staff Software Engineer - Blockchain Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Blockchain Platform team. You will define the technical vision for infrastructure that powers Coinbase’s crypto actions across 60+ networks and 300+ tokens, including nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives, set standards for security and reliability, and coach large teams to deliver measurable improvements in performance and scale, with remote-first collaboration and quarterly

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with staff-plus level design and scaling of high-throughput systems.
• Hands-on 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 at global scale.
• Experience applying AI or agent-based automation to reduce operational toil with measurable results.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy for Blockchain Platform, spanning nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle, to support new chain integrations, new products, and significant growth in onchain transaction volume.
• Architect and evolve core platform infrastructure, including nodes, indexers, wallet systems, and liquidity primitives, 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 (e.g., wallet stack rearchitecture, indexing stack redesign, asset identifier system), breaking high ambiguity into clear milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability across all crypto asset operations, including transaction finality, key management, reconciliation, and failure-mode handling.
• Own data-driven reliability improvements by using observability signals to identify structural gaps and lead remediation.
• Represent Blockchain Platform in executive and cross-org forums, communicating tradeoffs and securing buy-in for high-impact technical bets.

Skills

Software engineering

Blockchain protocols

Technical leadership

AI automation

Generative AI

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Blockchain Platform team. You will define the technical vision for infrastructure that powers Coinbase’s crypto actions across 60+ networks and 300+ tokens, including nodes, indexers, wallets, and orchestration systems.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives, set standards for security and reliability, and coach large teams to deliver measurable improvements in performance and scale, with remote-first collaboration and quarterly