Senior Staff Software Engineer Blockchain Platform Architect

Coinbase, Inc.

Carson City (NV)

Hybrid

USD 254,000 - 299,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

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Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Blockchain Platform team.

You will shape the technical vision for nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle across 60+ networks and 300+ tokens, enabling fast, secure onchain transactions at global scale. You will lead multi-team architectural initiatives, establish standards for security and reliability, and drive data-driven reliability improvements with observable signals.

Qualifications

  • Requires 12+ years of software engineering experience with staff-plus level leadership.
  • Hands-on experience with blockchain protocols at node or protocol level (e.g., EVM, Solana, Bitcoin, L2s).
  • Proven track record leading large-scale, multi-team architectural initiatives for critical infrastructure.
  • Experience applying AI to reduce operational toil with measurable efficiency gains.

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, security at global scale.
  • Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large cross-team architectural initiatives with clear milestones.
  • Drive engineering standards for correctness, security, reliability, testing, and observability.
  • Own data-driven reliability improvements using observability signals to identify gaps and remediation.
  • Represent Blockchain Platform in executive forums, align stakeholders, and secure buy-in for high-impact bets.

Skills

Software engineering
Staff-plus leadership
Blockchain protocols
Node/protocol level
Architectural leadership
AI automation
Generative AI governance

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Blockchain Platform team.

You will shape the technical vision for nodes, wallets, indexing, and asset lifecycle across 60+ networks and 300+ tokens, enabling fast, secure onchain transactions at global scale. You will lead multi-team architectural initiatives, establish standards for security and reliability, and drive data-driven reliability improvements with observable signals.

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