[Remote] Software Engineer - Crypto Data Foundations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase’s Blockchain Data Platform team builds an ultra-low-latency platform for indexing blockchain data. The Software Engineer builds and operates distributed systems for data ingestion, indexing, and querying, and contributes to chain integrations, platform primitives, and performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate distributed systems for real-time blockchain data ingestion, indexing, and query, owning services end-to-end from design docs and data modeling through code, rollout, and observability
• 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

Skills

• 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
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
• Blockchain or crypto data experience is a plus, including familiarity with chain data structures, finality, reorgs, RPC nodes, or wallets

Benefits

• Equity and bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k)
• Remote-first work, with quarterly in-person working sessions (“surges”)

Company Overview

Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It is a sub-organization of Coinbase. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.coinbase.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 118 in 2026, 181 in 2025, 92 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 284 in 2022, 183 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.