Lead Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer Growth & Infrastructure)

Are you ready to be challenged beyond your expectations? At Coinbase, our goal is to enhance economic freedom across the globe — a lofty endeavor that pushes us to perform at our best every day as we create the onchain platform that will define the future of finance. We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who shares our passion for our mission and recognizes the transformative potential of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in updating the financial landscape. We want someone who is driven to make a significant impact, thrives under pressure, collaborates with exceptional peers, and actively welcomes feedback to continue their growth. We seek someone who approaches challenges head-on to resolve the most difficult issues facing our company. Our work environment is intense and not suitable for everyone. However, if you aspire to build the future alongside talented individuals who demand excellence from themselves and encourage the same from you, then you’ll find no better place than Coinbase. While many positions at Coinbase are designed to be remote-first, we are not exclusively a remote company. We value in-person engagement throughout the year, with team and company-wide retreats occurring multiple times annually to enhance collaboration, build connections, and ensure alignment. Your participation in these gatherings is expected and fully supported. We are on the lookout for a Senior Staff Engineer to join our team and help develop the next generation of innovative crypto products and features. You will tackle unique, large-scale technical challenges that span the limitations of web-scale applications and blockchain technology. Your work will involve constructing robust systems that make cryptocurrency accessible to users worldwide, managing real-time applications with high-frequency, low-latency updates, and ensuring the utmost security of our cloud infrastructure. The Growth organization is fundamental to Coinbase’s mission to transition the world onchain by creating essential products and critical systems that fuel user expansion, including an incentives platform, notifications system, a logged-out web experience, search engine optimization (SEO), user onboarding, and more. We are dedicated to ensuring Coinbase is the simplest, safest, and fastest way for individuals to buy, hold, and trade crypto assets, providing the best possible experience for our millions of users worldwide.