Staff Software Engineer, Security Platform

Coinbase; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a senior Security Platform Engineer to architect and build scalable backend services for the SPE organization. You will define roadmaps, mentor engineers, and work with product and leadership to realize strategic security platform goals.

The role emphasizes high-quality code, strong system design, and responsible use of AI to improve security and efficiency across Coinbase’s cloud-based infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Designed, built, scaled and maintained production services with a service oriented architecture.
• Writes high-quality, well-tested code.
• Passionate about open financial systems.
• Strong skills in system design and coding.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with bias toward open practices.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop platform for security platform engineering org.
• Provide technical structure to teams and define strategic roadmaps with management.
• Build new services using Golang / Java to meet product needs.
• Design scalable systems with modern cloud technology and best practices.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines and deliverables with technical input.
• Mentor team members on design techniques and coding standards.
• Articulate long-term vision for backend systems and teams.

Skills

Software engineering

Service-oriented architecture

System design

Code quality

Communication

AI governance

Tools

Golang

Java

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.

Coinbase stores a large amount of digital currency making us a top tier target on the internet. Security is core to our mission and has been a key competitive differentiator for us as we scale. Security Platform Engineering ( SPE ) team is building platform capabilities for a variety of security use cases critical for security, compliance and privacy at Coinbase. Some of the key functional areas we are developing capabilities for are secrets and key management, identity access and management, onchain security, policy and risk management, vulnerabilities management enabling our product, compliance, security and services teams to protect Coinbase and our customers.

What you’ll do:

• Architect and develop platform for security platform engineering org
• Provide technical structure to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps
• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang / Java
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
• Articulate a long term vision for maintaining and scaling our backend systems and the teams running them.
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers. Debugging extremely difficult technical problems, and making systems and products both work better and are easier to deploy, own, operate and diagnose.
• Review all feature designs within your product area and across the company for cross-cutting projects. Be an owner of the security, safety, scale, operational integrity, and architectural clarity of these designs.

Required Skills and Experience:

• You have at least 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• You’ve designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
• You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.
• You possess strong technical skills for system design and coding
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a bias toward open, transparent cultural practices.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID: P78176

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Pay Transparency Notice:

The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): ₹9,424,500 ₹9,424,500 INR

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