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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer- Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging - **Company:** Coinbase, Inc. - **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $218,025.0 - $256,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Distributed Systems, Key Management, Blockchain, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Engineering, Backend, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Legacy Systems, Microservices - **Published:** September 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/AA45F5CCEAF84FB6B0C526AAF350045C/job/ ## About the Role * 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in Go and designing large-scale, service-oriented distributed systems. * Demonstrated track record of architecting and operating production backend services that handle high-throughput transaction volumes with strict correctness and reliability requirements. * Hands-on experience with blockchain technologies, including transaction construction, signing, broadcasting, key management, or cross-chain bridging across protocols like Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Solana. * Proven history of decomposing monolithic systems into scalable microservices or platform primitives that multiple teams depend on. * Track record of influencing technical direction across teams without direct authority, including driving architectural decisions, leading cross-team initiatives, and representing your area in org-level forums. * Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. ## Description We're hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join the Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging team within the Platform organization. This team builds and operates the wallet systems, liquidity orchestration, and bridging infrastructure that power how Coinbase moves crypto assets across 55+ blockchain protocols for millions of users. You'll own the architecture and technical direction of these systems, driving the next generation of wallet infrastructure that constructs, signs, broadcasts, and reconciles on-chain transactions with the speed, reliability, and security our customers expect. What you'll do: * Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Coinbase's wallet, liquidity, and bridging systems, defining how these platforms evolve to support new chains, assets, and product use cases at scale. * Build and evolve the distributed backend systems (Go) that orchestrate liquidity movements, cross-chain bridging, and transaction lifecycle management across custodial and non-custodial flows. * Drive service-oriented architecture improvements by decomposing legacy systems into modular, reusable platform services that reduce complexity and accelerate integration for downstream product teams. * Partner with Trading, Custody, Staking, and cross-platform engineering teams to define integration contracts, resolve cross-team dependencies, and align wallet infrastructure with company-wide architectural standards. * Lead reliability and operational excellence for wallet services, owning observability, incident response, and systemic improvements that prevent recurring failures across Tier-0 systems. * Shape engineering standards and technical culture across the team and broader Blockchain Platform organization through design reviews, architectural RFCs, and mentoring engineers on best practices. ## Related Videos - [SSO with Ethereum and Next JS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/288-sso-with-ethereum-and-next-js) - [Throwing off the burdens of scale in engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/608-throwing-off-the-burdens-of-scale-in-engineering) - [OP_PUSH_TX and its applications in Bitcoin smart contracts](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/146-op_push_tx-and-its-applications-in-bitcoin-smart-contracts) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Blockchain, NFT and smart contracts for my application](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/877-blockchain-nft-and-smart-contracts-for-my-application) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) ## Related Articles - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Cryptocurrencies For Blockchain Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/5-cryptocurrencies-for-blockchain-developers) - [7 tips on how to become a blockchain developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/53-7-tips-on-how-to-become-a-blockchain-developer) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again)