Senior Software Engineer

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

The Developer Security team at coinbase is at the forefront of safeguarding Coinbase’s software supply chain. We develop and maintain systems for artifact scanning, dependency analysis, and tooling to secure end-to-end development lifecycle. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will play a critical role in building secure and scalable solutions to protect Coinbase’s development process and infrastructure. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers across the company to integrate security seamlessly into the developer experience while staying ahead of evolving security challenges in the software supply chain. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang.
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• 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.

What we look for in you: 

• You have at least 5 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 …