Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Identity Platform
Coinbase · United States
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- Full-time
- $218,900 / year
- United States
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Identity Platform
Coinbase · United States
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Job highlights
- Own IAM system reliability and availability.
- Build CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.
- Partner with IT, Security, and Engineering.
- Drive observability and disaster recovery maturity.
- Strengthen documentation standards and practices.
About the role
About Coinbase
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” Learn more about working at Coinbase.What You'll Do
You'll join the IT Operations Corporate Engineering team as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on building and scaling Coinbase's identity and access management (IAM) platform. This team owns the infrastructure that secures how every employee and system authenticates and accesses corporate resources. You'll own the reliability, automation, and DevOps practices that keep our IAM systems performant and secure at scale, directly enabling Coinbase to manage identity across a fast-growing, globally distributed workforce.What You'll Be Doing (ie. Job Duties):
- Own the reliability and availability of corporate IAM systems end-to-end, including on-call rotation, incident response, root cause analysis, and blameless retrospectives to ensure 24x7 uptime for critical identity services.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling to streamline identity platform deployments, eliminate manual operational tasks, and progressively test changes before production rollout.
- Partner with IT, Security, and Engineering teams as a subject matter expert on corporate IAM and DevOps tooling, advising on identity lifecycle, provisioning, SSO, MFA, and access control architecture.
- Drive observability and disaster recovery maturity across IAM systems by defining metrics, implementing monitoring solutions, and designing recovery strategies that meet strict SLA requirements.
- Strengthen documentation standards by creating and maintaining comprehensive runbooks, system configuration guides, and troubleshooting procedures across the identity platform lifecycle.
What We Look For (ie. Job Requirements):
- 5+ years of experience in site reliability engineering or infrastructure engineering, with hands-on ownership of identity and access management platforms (Okta, Duo, Auth0, EntraID, Ping, or similar).
- Demonstrated success building tooling that solves IAM-specific problems including identity lifecycle and provisioning, SSO, MFA, and ABAC/RBAC at enterprise scale.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C#) and experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflows and IaC tools (Terraform or equivalent).
- Track record managing cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with infrastructure-as-code, including container orchestration and automated deployment frameworks.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company
Key skills/competency
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Okta, Duo, Auth0, EntraID, Ping
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Automation Tooling
- DevOps
- Observability
- Disaster Recovery
- Cloud Environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Skills & topics
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- SRE
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Identity and Access Management
- IAM
- Okta
- Duo
- Auth0
- EntraID
- Ping
- CI/CD
- Automation
- DevOps
- Observability
- Disaster Recovery
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Terraform
- Python
- Go
- Cloud Engineering
- Infrastructure Engineering
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 5+ years in SRE/infrastructure, IAM platform experience (Okta, Duo, etc.), and programming skills (Go, Python).
- Showcase IAM expertise: Emphasize your success in building tools for identity lifecycle, SSO, MFA, and access control.
- Demonstrate cloud and IaC skills: Detail your experience managing AWS, GCP, or Azure with Terraform and container orchestration.
- Prepare for technical interviews: Be ready to discuss SRE principles, incident response, and CI/CD pipeline design.
- Understand Coinbase's culture: Research their mission on economic freedom and their remote-first approach with quarterly surges.
Technical preparation
Master Go, Python, or other relevant languages.,Practice Terraform for infrastructure as code.,Build CI/CD pipelines and automation scripts.,Study IAM concepts and cloud platforms.
Behavioral questions
Describe a complex incident you resolved.,How do you ensure system reliability?,Explain your approach to automation.,How do you collaborate with other teams?
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the primary responsibilities of a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Coinbase's Identity Platform?
- As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on the Identity Platform team at Coinbase, you will own the reliability and availability of critical identity and access management systems. This includes managing on-call rotations, incident response, root cause analysis, and developing automation for CI/CD pipelines and operational tasks. You'll also partner with other teams as an expert on IAM and DevOps tooling, and drive improvements in observability and disaster recovery.
- What specific IAM platforms are relevant for this Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Coinbase?
- Coinbase is looking for experience with identity and access management platforms such as Okta, Duo, Auth0, EntraID, Ping, or similar enterprise-scale solutions. Your hands-on ownership of these types of systems will be a key requirement for this role.
- What programming languages and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools are preferred for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer position at Coinbase?
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language like Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C# is required. Experience with Git-based workflows and IaC tools such as Terraform or equivalent is also essential for managing cloud environments and CI/CD pipelines.
- How does Coinbase approach remote work for its Senior Site Reliability Engineer roles?
- Coinbase operates as a remote-first company, meaning this Senior Site Reliability Engineer role can be performed remotely. However, it's not entirely remote-only, as employees are expected to participate in quarterly in-person working sessions called 'surges' to foster collaboration and intense work periods.
- What is the salary range for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer position at Coinbase?
- The annual base salary range for this Senior Site Reliability Engineer position at Coinbase is between $186,065 USD and $218,900 USD, excluding potential equity and bonus eligibility. The exact salary will depend on factors such as location and candidate experience.
- Does Coinbase use AI in its hiring process for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer role?
- Coinbase is piloting AI tools for initial screening interviews and interview note summarization for select roles, including potentially this Senior Site Reliability Engineer position. These pilots are for testing purposes, and human recruiters will review AI-generated outputs to assess candidates against job qualifications. AI will not be used to make final employment decisions.
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