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Design, build, and operate backend Go services and smart contracts that mint, burn, bridge, and reconcile wrapped assets across multiple chains. Own end-to-end delivery from smart contract deployment through API design, SLOs, and production rollout. Drive asset migration pipeline improvements, run on-call operations, build observability and runbooks, and mentor junior engineers.
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Tokens & Wrapped Assets)
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Tokens & Wrapped Assets team within the Platform organization. This team builds and operates the platform that issues, wraps, and transforms every asset at Coinbase, including flagship wrapped assets like cbBTC, spanning Ethereum, Base, and Solana. You'll own complex projects end-to-end, from smart contract through APIs and production rollout, designing and operating the Go services that mint, burn, bridge, and reconcile wrapped assets across chains.
What you'll do:
What you'll do:
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex token and wrapped asset initiatives, from smart contract deployment through API design, SLOs, and production rollout across multiple chains.
- Build and operate the Go services and smart contracts that mint, burn, bridge, and reconcile wrapped assets, ensuring correctness across on-chain and off-chain systems.
- Drive improvements to the asset transformation and migration pipeline, making it dramatically faster and safer to launch, upgrade, and migrate tokens at scale.
- Partner across Trading, Custody, USDC, Compliance, and the broader crypto stack to ship customer- and revenue-impacting work that advances onchain innovation.
- Lead on-call ownership for team services, building observability, runbooks, and operational improvements that keep Tier-0 systems reliable.
- Strengthen team engineering quality by onboarding and coaching junior engineers, contributing to design reviews, and establishing patterns that raise the technical bar.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering with proficiency in at least one backend language (Go preferred), including designing, building, and operating production backend services at scale.
- Hands-on blockchain experience, either from smart contract development (Solidity/EVM), onchain integrations, or building services that transact onchain.
- Demonstrated experience with distributed systems patterns including APIs, event-driven architectures, data reconciliation, and on-call ownership.
- Track record of owning complex projects with autonomy in fast-moving, multi-chain or multi-system environments.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Job #: P77417
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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