Software Engineer, Data Layer

Posted 7hrs ago

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Software Engineer building Coinbase’s GraphQL data layer for Consumer, Base, and Institutional products. Improving high-scale API reliability, performance, and developer experience.

Responsibilities:

  • Own and deliver projects end to end, from scoping and system design through implementation, rollout, and production validation
  • Design and build high-reliability, low-latency systems serving millions of users
  • Improve caching, upstream service optimization, and efficient connection management at scale
  • Build and improve the GraphQL API framework and tooling used by hundreds of engineers
  • Drive operational excellence across T0 services by owning SLOs, improving observability, leading incident response, and reducing operational toil
  • Partner with product engineering teams to design API schemas and support service launches
  • Set the technical bar through code and design reviews
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to architectural direction

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of professional engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems
  • Deep proficiency in backend languages (Go, Java, or similar)
  • Hands-on experience designing microservices, API platforms, and high-availability systems
  • Track record of delivering projects end to end, including scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration
  • Experience decomposing complex systems into clean APIs and abstractions adopted by multiple consuming teams
  • Comfort owning on-call responsibilities and driving incident response across multi-service architectures
  • Ability to align technical decisions with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Ability to translate platform capabilities into actionable plans with frontend engineers, product teams, and platform consumers
  • Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight

Benefits:

  • Equity eligibility
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Quarterly in-person working sessions (“surges”)
  • Reasonable accommodation support
  • Free compatible screen reader for applicants needing screen reading technology