Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom around the world, and we couldn’t do this without hiring the best people. We’re a group of hard-working overachievers who are deeply focused on building the future of finance and Web3 for our users across the globe, whether they’re trading, storing, staking or using crypto. Know those people who always lead the group project? That’s us.

There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for candidates who will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people who are excited to learn about and live crypto, because those are the folks who enjoy the intense moments in our sprint and recharge work culture. We’re a remote-first company looking to hire the absolute best talent all over the world.

Ready to #LiveCrypto? Who you are:

You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there.
You’re never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and an eager listener - because let’s face it, you can’t have one without the other. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a boring job.
You have a “can do” attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesn’t scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
You want to be part of a winning team. We’re stronger together, and you’re a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.

The mission of the Platform Product Group engineers is to build a trusted, scalable and compliant platform to operate with speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams build and maintain the platforms critical to the existence of Coinbase. There are many teams that make up this group which include Product Foundations (i.e. Identity, Payment, Risk, Proofing & Regulatory, Finhub), Machine Learning, Customer Experience, and Infrastructure.

The Finhub team is tasked with creating a platform for financial data. Providing accurate and timely financial information is critical for Coinbase. This platform and tooling around it would help improve the process for accounting and finance activities. It will also act as the golden source of truth for the related data.

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):

Architect and develop platform for the financial data
Provide technical structure to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps
Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers
Hands-on with coding
Plan and Implement the multi-year strategy for Finhub engineering with the technical leadership on your team
Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
Add positive energy in every meeting, and make your coworkers feel included in every interaction
Engage with upstream teams and enforce SLAs for data availability and quality

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

8+ years of experience in software engineering
You’ve 2+ years of experience in architecting big data systems around technologies like Apache Spark and Hive
Experience in uplevelling junior engineers via processes and setting a high bar for them to follow
You know what high quality code — and software engineering processes — look like and know how to foster an environment that creates them
You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together
You’ve worked on integrating with NetSuite APIs
You’ve worked on developing financial tools - Reconciliation, Ledgers, Balance matching
You’ve worked on transforming business / product data to accounting/financial domain
You’ve worked in integrating banking partners or have a knowledge of bank statements (API based, file based, SWIFT)

Nice to haves:

You’ve worked with Golang, gRPC, Docker, SnowFlake, Databricks and advance SQL
You’ve have experience of working with finance and accounting teams
You’ve experience in performance tuning of big data systems
You’ve experience working with Kyriba integration
You’ve experience working with fintech domain

PID - P55997

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