Staff Backend Engineer, Enterprise Apps (Go, Cloud, Scale)

Coinbase; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the customer service and compliance platforms within the Enterprise Applications and Architecture group. You will anchor new projects, set technical direction, and mentor engineers while building scalable distributed services used by CX agents across the company.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, drive architectural decisions, and partner with multiple teams in different time zones to improve platform reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Go and backend services in production environments.
• Experience with API development (gRPC/GraphQL) and event-driven design.
• Strong cloud, DevOps tooling, and observability practices.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and guiding architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver distributed backend systems and foundational infrastructure components, including dynamic configuration, container orchestration, and secrets storage, using Golang, gRPC, TypeScript, and React
• Lead technical direction for the team by defining strategic roadmaps with engineering management and stakeholders, translating ambiguous problems into clear architectural plans with measurable outcomes
• Build and scale high-reliability services that streamline CX agent workflows and compliance processes, owning end-to-end delivery from design through production deployment
• Mentor engineers on design techniques, coding standards, testing practices, and operational best practices, raising the overall engineering quality bar across the team
• Partner cross-functionally with teams across multiple time zones to identify platform improvements, foresee potential issues, and communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical leaders

Skills

Distributed systems design

Go (Golang)

Backend API development (gRPC/GraphQL)

Event-driven architectures

Mentoring engineers

Cross-team collaboration

Generative AI integration

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

BuildKite

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the customer service and compliance platforms within the Enterprise Applications and Architecture group. You will anchor new projects, set technical direction, and mentor engineers while building scalable distributed services used by CX agents across the company.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, drive architectural decisions, and partner with multiple teams in different time zones to improve platform reliability and efficiency.