Staff Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

Coinbase · Remote, United States

The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. If youre ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. We are hiring Staff Software Engineers across several teams within the Developer Infrastructure group in Platform. Youll own the tools and systems every Coinbase engineer depends on to build and ship software. This team is responsible for scalable CI and build infrastructure and deployment orchestration, where a single improvement compounds across thousands of engineers. Youll set technical direction for the groups most complex, cross-cutting problems and lead their delivery from ambiguous problem statements through production operation.
Own core developer infrastructure platforms, including CI/build systems and deployment orchestration, across the full lifecycle from design through production operation.
Identify the groups highest-leverage problems, turn ambiguous and unscoped challenges into concrete technical roadmaps, and drive alignment across dependent teams.
Lead strategic, cross-cutting initiatives end to end, including large-scale platform migrations, landing them across many teams alongside the engineers doing the work.
Partner with engineering customers, EMs, and leadership across Coinbase to shape technical strategy and drive org-wide adoption of what you build, while mentoring engineers through design review, pairing, and shared ownership.
8+ years building and operating production distributed systems, with hands-on proficiency in Go or a comparable systems language and direct experience in CI/CD, build systems, or deployment tooling.
~ Track record of designing and shipping high-impact backend or platform systems that many engineers and services depend on, owning them from ambiguous problem statements through long-term production operation.
~ Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
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