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# Software Engineer - Crypto Data Foundations

- **Company:** Coinbase, Inc.
- **Location:** Augusta, ME, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $152,405.0 - $179,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon S3, Code Review, Data Infrastructure, Data Structures, Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, Redis, Blockchain, Software Engineering, Backend, Apache Kafka, Vertica, Stream Processing, Grpc
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/4F449739730C457CABA194168F810753/job/

## About the Role

* 2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating distributed or data systems in production.
 * Solid systems design fundamentals including partitioning, consistency/availability tradeoffs, stream processing, and storage/compute boundaries.
 * Proficiency in a backend language such as Go and/or Python, with familiarity across technologies like Kafka, gRPC, Redis, S3, ClickHouse, or MongoDB.
 * Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear designs and shipped solutions with measurable impact.
 * Blockchain or crypto data experience is a plus, including familiarity with chain data structures, finality, reorgs, RPC nodes, or wallets.
 * Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

*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)).

## Description

* Own delivery of key initiatives such as new chain integrations, migrations, and backfills, driving improvements to latency, reliability, and cost.
 * Partner with product and platform teams to define data contracts and contribute to SDKs and primitives that drive adoption across Coinbase and external developers.
 * Execute architecture and performance improvements across the indexing stack, applying strong systems design fundamentals around partitioning, consistency, stream processing, and storage boundaries.
 * Support engineering quality across the team through code reviews, testing rigor, and leveraging AI tools to ship faster and reduce operational burden.