Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform

Job Overview

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.

Job Description

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 .

You'll contribute to the full spectrum of our systems, from foundational data storage and processing to scalable pipelines, frameworks, and internal applications that make data efficiently available to every team at Coinbase.

What you'll do: Own the design, development, and operation of foundational data services spanning cloud data warehouses, data lakes, orchestration (Airflow), batch processing (Spark, SQL), streaming (Kafka), query federation, and real-time event aggregation stores.

Architect end-to-end data security and observability services, including access controls across multiple storage and access layers, data quality tracking, dataset cataloging, lineage, and usage auditing.

Key Responsibilities

• If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here.
• As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team within the Platform group, you will help build the systems that centralize all of Coinbase's internal and third-party data.
• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by internal services and product teams throughout Coinbase to interact with the data platform reliably at scale.
• Deliver self-service applications that empower users to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot their own data pipelines running on our platform infrastructure.
• Required Skills and Experience: 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with hands-on experience building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java for backend development, with demonstrated ability to build services that process and serve data at scale.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• The Data Platform team makes it easy for teams across the company to access, process, and transform data for analytics, machine learning, and powering end-user experiences.
• Required Skills and Experience: 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with hands-on experience building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production.
• Experience with data infrastructure patterns including scale-out architectures, caching layers, key/value stores, and columnar storage systems.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, or similar data processing and orchestration frameworks in production environments.
• Experience with data security, access control, or data observability systems, including cataloging, lineage, or quality monitoring.

Benefits and Perks

• Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $191,100 - $191,100 CAD Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Work Location and Schedule

This role is listed as Remote USA with location information shown as Remote USA. The employment type is Full Time.

About the Company

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