Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (consumer - Growth & App Infra)

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems. Our work culture is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Job Duties

Partner with the Head of Growth Engineering (Sr. Director of Eng), EMs, and Product Managers to improve incentives infrastructure, primitives and scale up our spend/profitability with high reliability and confidence. Build foundational systems and primitives to drive growth at Coinbase. Build and scale user experience across incentives and rewards services.

Qualifications

Ability to drive multi-quarter roadmaps with complex dependencies within and outside the Growth team. Strong track record of "horizontal" technical leadership across a larger team or multiple small teams. Ability to drive quality and performance across complex systems at scale and understand what metrics and SLOs reflect product quality and how to move them.

Nice to Haves

Strong cross-functional partnership skills, as this role spans both incentives experience and infrastructure pods, with potential to support all of Growth. Experience in consumer or growth-focused engineering is a plus. Experience working with ML directly or via APIs is a nice-to-have (understand different online and offline model evaluation techniques, and opportunities for ML to impact and improve core user experience).

Pay Transparency Notice

Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Pay Range: $253,895—$298,700 USD

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.