Staff Software Engineer — Test Infrastructure Lead

Coinbase; New York (NY); On-site; USD 218,025 - 256,500; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a senior engineer to define and own technical strategy for test infrastructure in New York. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience and a deep understanding of test infrastructure and operational reliability.

Responsibilities include building services for test execution orchestration and mentoring engineers. A strong customer-focused mindset and the ability to lead complex projects are essential. Attractive salary range from $218,025 to $256,500 annually, excluding equity and bonuses.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building and operating production software, with strong fundamentals in distributed systems.
• Demonstrated track record of defining and delivering technical strategy for foundational systems.
• Deep hands-on experience in test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical strategy for test infrastructure across all Coinbase engineering.
• Build and operate core Developer Infrastructure - Test services.
• Drive flakiness rate down for trustworthy test signals.

Skills

Building and operating production software

Leadership in defining technical strategy

Experience in test infrastructure

Operational instincts

Driving complex technical projects

Customer-focused mindset

Generative AI tools usage

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Docker/OCI

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a senior engineer to define and own technical strategy for test infrastructure in New York. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience and a deep understanding of test infrastructure and operational reliability.

Responsibilities include building services for test execution orchestration and mentoring engineers. A strong customer-focused mindset and the ability to lead complex projects are essential. Attractive salary range from $218,025 to $256,500 annually, excluding equity and bonuses.