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.
In the past few years, the foundational technology required for crypto to replace traditional payment rails has finally come online: stablecoins, cost-effective L2 networks, and Coinbase Smart Wallet. This represents a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Coinbase to disrupt the payments industry by leveraging its leading position in onchain development and deep expertise of existing fiat rails.
To fulfill this goal, the team’s work will include both 0-1 product development and building off of the existing Coinbase Commerce product. It’s best to think of the team as a start-up within Coinbase looking to find product market fit for a radically new approach to payments.
What you’ll be doing:
- Bring a 0-to-1 product to life to replace the global payment stack with crypto rails
- Design, build, ship, and evangelize an open-source web3 payment protocol, including complex cases such as subscriptions and escrow, written in Solidity
- Drive adoption of the web3 payment protocol through participation in the onchain community, including social media and conferences
- Contribute the fullstack design and implementation of a secure, high-performance product using TypeScript, Go, Ruby, and Solidity
- Work with other engineers to rapidly prototype user flows, gain market feedback and adjust accordingly, productionizing code as necessary
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other cross-functional partners to find product market fit
- Leverage, maintain, and improve upon an existing legacy codebase of Coinbase Commerce
- Follow and evangelize engineering best practices, ensuring operational excellence and sound maintenance of legacy code
- Level up the team’s experience with Solidity development through knowledge-sharing, code reviews, and pairwise coding
- Troubleshoot and debug complex fullstack issues
What we look for in you:
- 6+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on smart contract engineering, including deploying to production and working with smart contract auditors.
- World-class understanding of Ethereum, EVM-compatible chains, and associated development environment (Foundry, Viem/WAGMI, etc.); knowledge of other protocols (e.g. SVM) is a plus
- Substantial experience with the cutting edge of onchain protocols, including DeFi, stablecoins, lending/borrowing, DEXs, payments, account abstraction, the newest Ethereum Improvement Proposals, etc.
- Mastery of Solidity, Javascript/Typescript and at least one backend language (e.g. Go, Java, ruby)
- Proven track record of rapidly shipping high-quality code quickly
- Deep commitment to excellent developer experiences and open source code, ideally with an established reputation in the industry
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures, including experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Experience with developer operations, including Cloud providers such as AWS and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes
- Solid understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to find elegant solutions to complex challenges in the crypto payment processing domain
- Outstanding communication, leadership, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work together effectively with cross-functional partners
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 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 #: GDSCE05US
*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.
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Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Pay Range:
$180,625—$212,000 USD
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.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the Know Your Rights notice here. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.
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What We Do
Crypto creates economic freedom by ensuring that people can participate fairly in the economy, and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. We’re updating the century-old financial system by providing a trusted platform that makes it easy for people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and fast, free global transfers. We also provide critical infrastructure for onchain activity and support builders who share our vision that onchain is the new online. And together with the crypto community, we advocate for responsible rules to make the benefits of crypto available around the world.
Why Work With Us
We have the opportunity to accelerate the pace of innovation in the world by building an open financial system. Our vision is to create more economic freedom in the world, to help people control their own wealth, start companies, have financial privacy, and participate in the global economy. And to get us there, we focus, build and move as a team.
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