Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform

• Own the design, development, and operation of foundational data services spanning cloud data warehouses, data lakes, orchestration (Airflow), batch processing (Spark, SQL), streaming (Kafka), query federation, and real-time event aggregation stores.
• Build and maintain data integration and processing SDKs used by internal services and product teams throughout Coinbase to interact with the data platform reliably at scale.
• Deliver self-service applications that empower users to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot their own data pipelines running on our platform infrastructure.
• Architect end-to-end data security and observability services, including access controls across multiple storage and access layers, data quality tracking, dataset cataloging, lineage, and usage auditing.
• Partner with data analysts, ML engineers, and security and compliance teams to convert functional requests into reusable, scalable patterns and assemble data microservices into platforms for critical business verticals.

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with hands-on experience building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java for backend development, with demonstrated ability to build services that process and serve data at scale.
• Experience with data infrastructure patterns including scale-out architectures, caching layers, key/value stores, and columnar storage systems.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, or similar data processing and orchestration frameworks in production environments.
• Experience with data security, access control, or data observability systems, including cataloging, lineage, or quality monitoring.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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