or apply directly on Coinbase's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 27 days Coinbase's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Coinbase's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Coinbase
- low 0 stale, 5 reposted of 219 open
- Hiring momentum
- 265 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Coinbase's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Coinbase.
About this role
As a Software Engineer on the CB Node team at Coinbase, you will focus on optimizing performance and reliability of blockchain nodes that support various protocols. Your responsibilities include diagnosing resource consumption issues, building observability systems, and collaborating with other teams to enhance the blockchain platform stack. You will also support protocol upgrades and help define service-level objectives to ensure efficient operations.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Coinbase as an employer.
What you need
- 2+ years of experience in software engineering
- Experience operating distributed systems
- Proficiency in backend programming (Go preferred)
- Familiarity with systems tooling for profiling, tracing, and observability (e.g., pprof, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Demonstrated ability to improve infrastructure efficiency through engineering optimization
Nice to have
- Exposure to blockchain nodes, consensus protocols, or crypto infrastructure
- Curiosity about how different protocols behave under load and during upgrades
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly
What you get
- Base salary range: $152,405 — $179,300 USD
- Total compensation may include equity and bonus eligibility
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
Worth weighing
- Remote-first company with quarterly in-person sessions
- High-performance environment may not suit everyone
- No specific mention of work-life balance or flexibility
Summarised from Coinbase's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Coinbase on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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