Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Apps - Lead Backend

Coinbase, Inc.; Helena (MT); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision, 401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. seeks a Staff Software Engineer for the Agent Engagement and Experience team within the Enterprise Applications and Architecture organization. Anchor new projects, set technical direction, and mentor engineers while architecting distributed systems that power CX and compliance at scale.

The role requires 8+ years of experience, Go proficiency, cloud infra expertise, and a track record of leading end-to-end initiatives across time zones, with a focus on measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep proficiency in Go (Golang) and scalable backend services.
• Cloud infrastructure and DevOps tooling experience (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD).
• Led technical projects end-to-end and mentored engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver distributed backend systems and infrastructure components.
• Define strategic roadmaps with engineering management and stakeholders.
• Build and scale high-reliability services for CX and compliance workflows.
• Mentor engineers on design techniques, coding standards, testing practices, and operations.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

Go (Golang)

Cloud infrastructure

DevOps tooling

API development

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Kafka

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. seeks a Staff Software Engineer for the Agent Engagement and Experience team within the Enterprise Applications and Architecture organization. Anchor new projects, set technical direction, and mentor engineers while architecting distributed systems that power CX and compliance at scale.

The role requires 8+ years of experience, Go proficiency, cloud infra expertise, and a track record of leading end-to-end initiatives across time zones, with a focus on measurable improvements.