Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Growth Foundations)

Coinbase
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 191,100 - 191,100 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Experimentation"]

Build and scale the backend systems behind Coinbase growth initiatives, including notifications at scale, incentives/referral platforms, user targeting, lifecycle communications, and ML ranking that power over half of Coinbase web and app surfaces. Design resilient distributed services for high QPS, low latency, and reliability, partner cross-functionally on quarterly roadmaps, and lead experimentation (A/B tests) to drive measurable improvements in acquisition and retention.

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Coinbase
Coinbase
1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Growth Foundations)

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Job Summary

Build and scale the backend systems behind Coinbase growth initiatives, including notifications at scale, incentives/referral platforms, user targeting, lifecycle communications, and ML ranking that power over half of Coinbase web and app surfaces. Design resilient distributed services for high QPS, low latency, and reliability, partner cross-functionally on quarterly roadmaps, and lead experimentation (A/B tests) to drive measurable improvements in acquisition and retention.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the design and delivery of scalable distributed backend services for growth infrastructure with high QPS, low latency, and reliability.
  • •Architect resilient service-oriented systems using modern cloud technologies across backend, data, and ML layers.
  • •Partner with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps.
  • •Lead investments in developer tooling, shared platform capabilities, and cross-team efforts to increase organizational velocity.
  • •Build high-quality, well-tested production code and drive experimentation to deliver measurable impact to acquisition and retention.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 191,100 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of backend software engineering experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services in distributed environments.
  • •Expertise in server-side architecture with performance optimization, security, scalability, and containerized environments (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker).
  • •Ability to design and run growth experiments or A/B tests using data to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities.
  • •Experience integrating with databases, caching layers, and storage solutions such as Postgres, MongoDB, and DynamoDB in high-throughput systems.
  • •Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end solutions from scoping through production monitoring in a high-velocity environment.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationExperimentation
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSKubernetesDockerPostgresMongoDBDynamoDBA/B testingGenerative AI

Company Brief

Coinbase
Operates a cryptocurrency exchange and financial services platform that enables buying, selling, storing, and earning crypto assets, institutional trading, custody, and developer tools for blockchain applications.
Industry: Trading Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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