Senior Software Engineer, Developer Infrastructure

Coinbase
United States
Remote

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Coinbase filed 40 H-1B positions titled "Software Engineer". Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with strong distributed systems experience and a track record in developer infrastructure, comfortable with end-to-end ownership of platform services and cross-team collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of production software experience and a background in CI/CD or test optimization
    — “5+ years building and operating production software, with strong distributed systems fundamentals and proficiency in Go or a similar language.”
  • Individuals who have led technical design for cross-cutting platform projects and driven them through production
    — “Lead technical design for cross-cutting projects and drive them through production.”
  • Candidates with a customer-focused mindset and a history of improving developer productivity metrics
    — “Customer-focused mindset, with success measured by impact on other engineers.”

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person surges may require travel despite the remote-first work arrangement
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges”.”
  • Candidates must be prepared to operate at scale with cloud and DevOps tooling
    — “Experience operating at scale with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and containers.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with end-to-end ownership of platform systems in your resume and interviews
    — “Own services end to end, including architecture, observability, SLOs, and on-call operations.”
  • Emphasize your track record in improving metrics like build speed and test reliability
    — “Improve key engineering productivity metrics, including build and CI time, deploy speed and safety, and test feedback quality.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to collaborate with engineering teams to solve platform pain points
    — “Partner with engineering teams across Coinbase to understand pain points and turn them into platform improvements.”
  • Showcase your experience with observability tools such as Datadog in your technical background
    — “Experience with observability and performance tooling such as Datadog.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to use generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • improving key engineering productivity metrics
  • leading technical design for cross-cutting projects
  • mentoring engineers
Typical background
5+ years building and operating production softwarestrong distributed systems fundamentals

Skills & requirements

Required

Distributed SystemsGoOperational InstinctsObservabilityKubernetesAWSGithub ActionsTerraformContainersDatadog

Preferred

CI/CDBuild SystemsRemote ExecutionProgressive DeliveryTest Optimization

Stack & domain

GoKubernetesAWSGithub ActionsTerraformContainersObservabilityPerformance ToolingDatadogCommunicationCustomer-focused MindsetLeadershipCollaborationFinanceDeveloper InfrastructurePlatform Domains

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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. 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.

Coinbase’s Developer Infrastructure group builds the systems every Coinbase engineer relies on to write, validate, ship, and run code. We own the path from commit to production, including CI and build infrastructure, deployment platforms, and test systems that give engineers fast, trustworthy feedback. We’re hiring Senior Software Engineers across several teams in the group, and you’ll be matched to the team that best fits your strengths and interests. Wherever you land, you’ll build and operate foundational platform services used across Coinbase engineering, where improvements in build speed, deploy safety, and test reliability scale across thousands of engineers. This is high-leverage systems work with a high bar for reliability and security.

What you’ll do

Design, build, and operate core developer infrastructure services across CI, build systems, deployment orchestration, and test infrastructure.

Improve key engineering productivity metrics, including build and CI time, deploy speed and safety, and test feedback quality.

Own services end to end, including architecture, observability, SLOs, and on-call operations.

Partner with engineering teams across Coinbase to understand pain points and turn them into platform improvements.

Lead technical design for cross-cutting projects and drive them through production.

Mentor engineers and help shape the technical direction of the platform.

Required Skills and Experience: 

5+ years building and operating production software, with strong distributed systems fundamentals and proficiency in Go or a similar language.

Track record of shipping high-impact backend or platform systems with ownership from design through production.

Strong operational instincts with a focus on reliability, security, and observability.

Clear communication and the ability to drive projects independently while collaborating across teams.

Customer-focused mindset, with success measured by impact on other engineers.

Experience in developer infrastructure or platform domains such as CI/CD, build systems, release tooling, test infrastructure, or developer productivity.

Experience operating at scale with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and containers.

Depth in areas such as build systems, remote execution, progressive delivery, or test optimization.

Experience with observability and performance tooling such as Datadog.

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). 

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$186,065—$218,900 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.

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Source: Coinbase careers

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