Coinbase
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform - IAM
$254K–$299K
Remote - USA +1 · Remote · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- Remote - USA
US - Remote Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only) - Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Sets technical strategy and architecture for Coinbase’s identity and access management platform, unifying human, AI agent, service, and workload identities across company systems.
What you'll do
- Define IAM architecture and standards across multiple teams, and lead adoption and migration across 700+ systems.
- Translate audit and regulatory requirements into automated controls and evidence; improve access visibility and reduce standing privilege.
- Mentor senior engineers and partner with Security, Compliance, IT, Infrastructure, and product engineering leadership.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including senior technical leadership of a multi-team platform adopted across dozens of consuming teams.
- Deep IAM expertise across more than one domain, including substantive service or workload identity experience.
- Production Go experience, distributed systems design on AWS, and fluency with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, and workload identity patterns.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, translate audit requirements into technical controls, and communicate complex issues clearly.
Pay
$253,895 — $298,700 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, AWS, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM
AI focus
Unify AI agent identity with workforce, service, and workload identities; use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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