Software Engineer, Wallets, Liquidity and Bridging Team

Coinbase, Inc.; Idaho; Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is building the future of finance with a remote-first culture that values ambition and collaboration. The Wallets team powers onboarding, signing, broadcasting, and onchain transactions across 50+ blockchains for millions of users.

As a Wallets Engineer you will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, collaborate across teams on integrations, and participate in code reviews to ensure high quality. Strong ownership and clear communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience.
• Familiarity with GoLang and/or Ruby is a plus.
• Designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
• Experience with decomposing large software systems is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with other team members and stakeholders.
• You have a strong attention to detail and ownership of scoped problems from investigation through implementation, rollout, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain the future of our wallet systems.
• Collaborate with teams across the company on integrations with our services.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards.
• Troubleshoot and debug complicated problems.

Skills

GoLang

Ruby

SOA design

Code reviews

Troubleshooting

Cross-team collaboration

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.

This is a unique opportunity to reimagine and implement how Coinbase interfaces with high throughput blockchains, serving millions of daily users. The Wallets team enables Coinbase users globally to interface with 50+ blockchains. Our backend systems have already powered billions of crypto addresses and requests. Our team is continuing to develop new ways to scale for the next billion.

At a high level, our team owns the set of services that powers all of the sends and receives for Coinbase's custodial products. These distributed backend systems help construct, sign, broadcast, and ingest onchain transactions. Come work with a team of brilliant and passionate engineers on building the next generation of Wallet products!

What you'll do:

• Design, develop, and maintain the future of our wallet systems
• Collaborate with teams across the company on integrations with our services
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
• Troubleshoot and debug complicated problems

Required Skills and Experience:

• You have at least 2+ years of experience in software engineering
• Familiarity with GoLang and/or Ruby is a plus
• You’ve designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture
• Experience with decomposing large software systems is a plus
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with other team members and stakeholders
• You have a strong attention to detail
• You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together
• You take ownership of well‑scoped problems from investigation through implementation, rollout, and production support

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

• 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.