Coinbase
Senior Software Engineer, Core Infra Systems
$186K–$219K
Remote - USA +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- Remote - USA
US - Remote Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only) - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP.
About the job
Build and operate secure, standardized, self-service cloud and networking infrastructure across Coinbase’s AWS and GCP environments.
What you'll do
- Lead cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives spanning AWS, GCP, and networking, aligning standards, tooling, and operations.
- Build and maintain self-service tools and paved-road defaults so teams can provision and operate cloud infrastructure safely.
- Partner across infrastructure teams to embed security, compliance, and reliability guardrails and resolve systemic issues.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP.
- Hands-on experience with cloud networking primitives such as VPCs, transit gateways, DNS, and load balancers, plus infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language, such as Go or Python, for platform tooling and automation.
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives across infrastructure domains.
Pay
$186,065 — $218,900 USD (annual base salary; excluding equity and bonus)
Tools
AWS, GCP, VPCs, transit gateways, DNS, load balancers, Terraform, Pulumi
AI focus
Use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to produce business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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