Senior Software Engineer - Backend

October 17

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Digital Currency • Software • Payment Processing • Bitcoin • Technology

1001 - 5000

💰 $21.4M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-11

Description

• Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of? • Join Coinbase to build the emerging onchain platform, the future global financial system. • Work on foundational technology to replace traditional payment rails with crypto. • 0-to-1 product development for a radically new approach to payments. • Bring a 0-to-1 product to life to replace the global payment stack with crypto rails. • Design, develop, and maintain a scalable, reliable, and secure payment processing backend using Go, Ruby, and Solidity. • Build backend orchestration for a novel open-source web3 payment protocol. • Follow and evangelize engineering best practices for operational excellence.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software development with a strong focus on backend development working closely with frontend engineers; crypto experience is a plus • Mastery of Go and/or Ruby; experience with Solidity is a plus • Proven track record of rapidly shipping high-quality backend systems • Solid understanding of Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains and experience with developing smart contracts • Demonstrated commitment to excellent developer experiences and open source code, especially in relation to crypto and payments • 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

Benefits

• Target bonus • Target equity • Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))