Staff Software Engineer (Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging)

We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join the Wallets, Liquidity & Bridging team within the Platform organization

This team builds and operates the wallet systems, liquidity orchestration, and bridging infrastructure that power how Coinbase moves crypto assets across 55+ blockchain protocols for millions of users

You’ll own the architecture and technical direction of these systems, driving the next generation of wallet infrastructure that constructs, signs, broadcasts, and reconciles on-chain transactions with the speed, reliability, and security our customers expect

Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Coinbase’s wallet, liquidity, and bridging systems, defining how these platforms evolve to support new chains, assets, and product use cases at scale

Build and evolve the distributed backend systems (Go) that orchestrate liquidity movements, cross-chain bridging, and transaction lifecycle management across custodial and non-custodial flows

Drive service-oriented architecture improvements by decomposing legacy systems into modular, reusable platform services that reduce complexity and accelerate integration for downstream product teams

Partner with Trading, Custody, Staking, and cross-platform engineering teams to define integration contracts, resolve cross-team dependencies, and align wallet infrastructure with company-wide architectural standards

Lead reliability and operational excellence for wallet services, owning observability, incident response, and systemic improvements that prevent recurring failures across Tier-0 systems

Shape engineering standards and technical culture across the team and broader Blockchain Platform organization through design reviews, architectural RFCs, and mentoring engineers on best practices- Proven history of decomposing monolithic systems into scalable microservices or platform primitives that multiple teams depend on

8+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in Go and designing large-scale, service-oriented distributed systems

Demonstrated track record of architecting and operating production backend services that handle high-throughput transaction volumes with strict correctness and reliability requirements

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Hands-on experience with blockchain technologies, including transaction construction, signing, broadcasting, key management, or cross-chain bridging across protocols like Ethereum, Bitcoin, or Solana

Track record of influencing technical direction across teams without direct authority, including driving architectural decisions, leading cross-team initiatives, and representing your area in org-level forums