Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Platform - Networking)

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.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Networks team to design, implement, and maintain our cloud-based network infrastructure. This team is a part of our Infrastructure org in our Platform Product Group. The mission of the Platform Product Group is to build a trusted, scalable and compliant platform to operate with speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams build and maintain the platforms critical to the existence of Coinbase.

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):

• Architect, design, deploy, document and manage our Cloud-based network infrastructure. This includes all ingress and egress, both internal and external.
• Implement customer-focused abstractions that simplify and standardize the way we offer our cloud services, topologies and implementations.
• Coding IP tables and software defined networking
• Lead and defend technical decisions providing design justification, coordination, and identifying value and requirements for other teams in the organization.
• Learn and continue to foster an understanding of the long-term needs of our infrastructure.
• Communicate to gather requirements and evangelize the Cloud offerings, and to understand gaps and improvements.
• Produce professional documentation and diagrams to clearly and concisely communicate concepts and architectures to infrastructure colleagues, in addition to our users.
• Manage and assist in the resolution of complicated technical problems and incidents, provide appropriate communication and escalation.
• Support and maintain our current infrastructure offerings to maintain a high level of service and availability to the rest of the organization.
• Develop strong and effective working relationships with the rest of the Infrastructure organization, Security, IT, business partners, stakeholders and vendors
• Keep up to date with current developments and best practices within our domain and make bold and forward-looking recommendations.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

• At least 5+ years network engineering experience in industry
• Built systems on public cloud providers such as AWS, GCP or Azure
• Showcase strong proficiency within a modern tech stack, like Ruby, Go for languages and gRPC + Protobuf for communication.
• Showcase proficiency with low-level primitives such as IP converged networks, AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct connect, IAM role management and implementation
• Know what high quality code — and software engineering processes — look like and know how to foster an environment that creates them.
• Exhibit our core values: clear communication, positive energy, continuous learning, and efficient execution.
• Flexibility to adapt and pivot in a dynamic and demanding environment where change is the only constant.
• Ability to set priorities and balance multiple deadlines.

Nice to haves: 

• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Job #: P61150

*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

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