Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

Coinbase; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first but not remote-only company seeking Software Engineers for its Developer Infrastructure group. You will help build and operate core services, contributing to scalable CI, build systems, and test infrastructure across Coinbase engineering.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and observable code, with opportunities to own components end-to-end and drive improvements. Expected to ship backend features and collaborate across teams, leveraging Kubernetes, AWS,

Qualifications

• 2+ years building and operating production software with distributed systems fundamentals.
• Strong ability to ramp in Go or similar languages and ship backend features.
• Ownership from implementation through production and on-call rotation.
• Focus on reliability, security, and observability with production-minded code.
• Clear communication and collaboration across a team and customers.
• Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, or containers.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog and performance tooling.
• Ability to use Generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Build, ship, and operate core developer-infrastructure features that are fast, reliable, and secure at scale.
• Improve metrics like build times, deploy speed, and test feedback across teams.
• Own components end to end from implementation to monitoring and on-call rotation.
• Write high‑quality, observable code and ship production-ready features from day one.
• Collaborate with Coinbase engineering teams to translate pain points into platform improvements.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and drive your own work to completion.
• Share knowledge and raise quality through thoughtful code reviews.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go language

Backend development

Production software

Kubernetes

AWS

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Containers

Observability

Generative AI

Communication

Ownership

Tools

Docker

OCI

Datadog

CI/CD

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

Coinbase's Developer Infrastructure group builds the tools and platforms that every Coinbase engineer relies on to build, test, ship, and operate software. Our teams collectively own the path from commit to production — scalable CI and build infrastructure, the platform that moves code safely to production, and the test infrastructure that gives engineers fast, trustworthy signals. We're hiring Software Engineers across several teams in the group, and you'll be matched to the one that best fits your strengths and interests. Wherever you land, you'll help build and operate foundational platform services used by all of Coinbase engineering, where a single improvement compounds across thousands of engineers. This is high-leverage systems work at a financial-grade reliability and security bar.

What you'll do:

• Build, ship, and help operate features and components of core developer-infrastructure services — spanning CI and build systems, deployment orchestration, and test infrastructure — that are fast, reliable, and secure by default at Coinbase scale.

• Contribute to improvements in the metrics every engineer feels: build and CI wall time, deploy speed and safety, and test feedback time and flakiness.

• Own well‑scoped components end to end — from implementation through testing, rollout, and monitoring — and participate in your team's on‑call rotation.

• Write high-quality, well‑tested, observable code, and build for production from day one.

• Collaborate with engineering teams across Coinbase (your customers) to understand pain points and translate them into concrete platform improvements.

• Contribute to technical design discussions for team projects, and independently drive your own work items to completion.

• Grow your impact by sharing knowledge, giving thoughtful code reviews, and raising the quality bar around you.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 2+ years building and operating production software, with solid fundamentals in distributed systems and proficiency (or a strong ability to ramp) in a language like Go (or similar).

• A track record of shipping backend or platform features that other engineers or services depend on, with ownership from implementation through production.

• Good operational instincts — you care about reliability, security, and observability, and you write code with production in mind.

• Clear communication and the ability to drive scoped projects to completion with limited guidance and collaborate effectively across a team.

• A customer-focused mindset: you measure success by the impact your systems have on other engineers.

• Exposure to a developer infrastructure or platform domain: CI/CD, build systems, deployment/release tooling, test infrastructure, or developer productivity engineering.

• Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, or containers (Docker/OCI).

• Experience with observability and performance tooling (e.g., Datadog) to measure and improve system behavior.

• 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):

$152,405—$179,300 USD

• *Application Limit: *Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

• *Equal Opportunity Employer: *Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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