Staff Software Engineer, Scalable Routing & Service Mesh

Coinbase, Inc.; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team. You will own the routing layer connecting every service to customers, designing and delivering new routing capabilities across CNCF-based infrastructure to boost scalability, reliability, and performance.

You’ll work with Envoy-based proxies, Istio gateways, Ambient mesh, and SPIFFE authentication while partnering with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to meet cross-cutting platform requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering and infrastructure roles.
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience with routing technologies including reverse proxies, ingress controllers, CDN/WAF, and service mesh.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for production-grade infrastructure services.
• Demonstrated experience scaling backend infrastructure on AWS, with knowledge of networking, compute, and container orchestration.
• Deep familiarity with the CNCF ecosystem (Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio) and ability to contribute to these technologies in production.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and automation of routing infrastructure for Kubernetes backends at scale.
• Build on Envoy-based proxies, Istio gateways, Ambient mesh, and SPIFFE authentication.
• Improve latency, reliability, and performance of application routing across Coinbase's production environment.
• Shape the paved-road developer experience for operating applications at Coinbase, emphasizing AI-driven tooling.
• Collaborate with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to meet platform requirements.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Routing technologies

AWS

Tools

Envoy

Istio

Kubernetes

SPIFFE

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team. You will own the routing layer connecting every service to customers, designing and delivering new routing capabilities across CNCF-based infrastructure to boost scalability, reliability, and performance.

You’ll work with Envoy-based proxies, Istio gateways, Ambient mesh, and SPIFFE authentication while partnering with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to meet cross-cutting platform requirements.