This role is ideal for a seasoned backend expert with **8+ years of experience** who thrives in high-pressure, high-growth environments. While the listing menti
Work type: remote
Location: Remote - Canada; Remote - USA
Salary: $218,025 – $256,500/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is ideal for a seasoned backend expert with **8+ years of experience** who thrives in high-pressure, high-growth environments. While the listing mentions "mid-level," the "Staff" title and responsibility for setting technical direction across distributed systems suggest they are looking for a heavy hitter. You should be comfortable with ambiguity, ready to mentor others, and willing to work as a "full-stack minded" engineer who prioritizes speed and data-driven results over perfect code. The compensation is highly competitive, starting at **$218,025 up to $256,500**, plus equity and bonuses. While the role is **fully remote within the USA**, it is not "remote-only"—you must be willing to travel for in-person team offsites several times a year. This is a unique opportunity to build foundational infrastructure for a global crypto leader while transitioning a large monolith into microservices. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have 8+ years of experience and have navigated a company’s "hyper-growth" phase. * Are "crypto-forward" and already use dApps, ENS, or onchain protocols. * Prioritize "High Agency" and enjoy solving hard problems without being micromanaged. * Are proficient in (or willing to learn) Golang, Ruby on Rails, and Docker.
Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.
To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.
Our [work culture](https://www.coinbase.com/mission) is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.
While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.
## Org Overview:
Consumer & Business Group (CBG)’s mission at Coinbase is to become the #1 financial app in the world, focusing on delivering exceptional consumer and business experiences across financial services, trading, and growth initiatives.
The Growth org’s vision, within CBG, is to grow Coinbase to a billion active users globally, by driving sustainable user growth through innovative acquisition, engagement and retention strategies, and building foundational infrastructure that supports long-term growth.
## Team Overview:
The Growth org builds features, products and systems that repeatedly and predictably drive user growth, through rapid and systematic execution. As a growth org, we take a holistic view of the user’s Coinbase journey, with teams focused on user acquisition, engagement and retention.
## Responsibilities:
We’re looking for Staff Software Engineers to balance the role of an individual contributor while also anchoring new projects, leading technical direction and mentoring other engineers on the team. We highly value individuals with intellectual curiosity and openness. We collaborate across the organization, helping our engineers think big and take risks while building a culture of diversity, positive energy and blameless truth-seeking. Our engineering team leverages a diverse tech stack and our focus is finding smart engineers who’ve worked on complex projects and we have all the trust you’d be able to pick up whatever tech necessary in the stack. We hire and cultivate a world class growth engineering team with below attributes as our DNA:
### Impact-Driven
We're building a world-class growth engine by developing features, products, and systems that consistently deliver user value from their first interaction to their entire journey with Coinbase. We do this in a systematic way by:
*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.
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Pay Transparency Notice:Depending on your work location, the target annual basesalary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$218,025—$256,500 USD
Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation mayalso include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$217,900—$217,900 CAD
Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.