Staff Software Engineer, Secure Access & Auth (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Access & Authorization team to shape secure authentication and authorization across Coinbase products and partner integrations.

You will design and operate high‑throughput Go services, implement OAuth2/OpenID Connect flows, and lead cross‑functional initiatives from design through production. This remote‑first company values deep technical judgment, strong communication, and mentoring while balancing security with a smooth user experience.

Qualifications

• Backend Go experience with high-throughput distributed services.
• Secure APIs with OAuth2/OpenID Connect and token handling.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design and operation of authentication and authorization capabilities.
• Build secure Go and gRPC services used across Coinbase products.
• Lead technical designs for complex initiatives like signed tokens and passkeys.
• Partner with product, security, fraud, and infra teams to balance goals and constraints.
• Simplify integration patterns and provide self-service tooling for teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to code reviews and on-call work.

Skills

Go backend

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

JWTs

gRPC

Protocol Buffers

Redis

DynamoDB

Distributed systems

Observability

Technical leadership

Tools

Protocol Buffers

Git

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Access & Authorization team to shape secure authentication and authorization across Coinbase products and partner integrations.

You will design and operate high‑throughput Go services, implement OAuth2/OpenID Connect flows, and lead cross‑functional initiatives from design through production. This remote‑first company values deep technical judgment, strong communication, and mentoring while balancing security with a smooth user experience.