Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Core Infra Systems

ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Infra Systems team within the Platform group at Coinbase. As a key member of our team, you'll play a critical role in building the future of finance by designing and implementing scalable, secure, and opinionated infrastructure that keeps Coinbase fast and resilient. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for leading cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives that span AWS, GCP, and Networking pillars inside Core Infra Systems. Your key responsibilities will include: - Driving alignment on standards, tooling, and operational patterns across the team - Building and maintaining self-service tooling and paved-road defaults that enable product teams to provision and operate cloud infrastructure safely without deep platform expertise - Partnering with Compute, Infra Security, and Routing teams to embed guardrails into infrastructure provisioning, ensuring every default meets Coinbase's bar for security, compliance, and reliability - Driving infrastructure standardization across Coinbase's multi-cloud environment, reducing fragmentation and improving consistency in how teams consume cloud networking, compute, and shared platform primitives - Leading technical investigations and operational improvements across infrastructure boundaries, working with broader stakeholders to resolve systemic issues and scale foundational systems WHAT YOU'LL NEED To succeed in this role, you'll need: - 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP (networking, compute, or platform engineering) - Hands-on experience with cloud networking primitives such as VPCs, transit gateways, DNS, load balancers, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) - Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Go, Python) used to build platform tooling and automation at scale - Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives, partnering across multiple infrastructure domains to deliver cohesive, production-ready outcomes - Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality WHY REMOTE As a remote-first company, Coinbase offers the flexibility to work from anywhere while still collaborating with colleagues and attending in-person working sessions, known as "surges," quarterly. BENEFITS Coinbase offers a competitive total compensation package, including: - Annual base salary range: $186,065 - $218,900 USD - Equity and bonus eligibility - Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)