Software Engineer, Backend - Blockchain Platform (Staking Platform)

Staking Platform

Our core mission is clear: build platform services to empower high quality staking products for our retail and institutional customers. This way, people don’t just buy / sell crypto, they “earn dividend” on crypto, and in the mean time provides security and decentralization for underlying blockchain networks. 

It’s backing the #3 largest revenue stream at Coinbase ($700M+ ARR) - and the #2 revenue stream that’s not market fluctuation dependent.

This team is responsible to understand deep context across multiple top staking protocols, and translate complex operations and state machines into simple and straightforward API for product teams at Coinbase.

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

• Collaborate with teams across the company on integrations with our services 
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
• Troubleshoot and debug complicated problems

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

• You have at least 2+ years of experience in software engineering
• Familiarity with GoLang and/or Ruby is a plus.
• You’ve designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
• Experience with decomposing large software systems is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with other team members and stakeholders
• You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• You have a strong attention to detail
• You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together

Nice to haves:

• Crypto background
• Experience with Solana data, indexing, and/or scaling large systems
• You have 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 #: GPBE04US

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

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For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Your interview responses, in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript will be assessed in terms of the job qualifications and characteristics listed in the position description above by a human recruiter.  

For other select roles, Coinbase is piloting BrightHire, an AI interview intelligence platform, to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. 

Depending on your role and stage in the application process, you will be informed of more specifics regarding which tool(s) will be used as part of the interview process.  

These interview tools enable us to give a greater number of candidates an initial interview who meet our mandatory hiring criteria. The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make an employment decision. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact [email protected].