Senior IT Engineer - Infrastructure (Coinbase)

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 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.

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

• Partner with the Coinbase Infrastructure team to support and extend existing ci/cd frameworks to support IT services, including enterprise network platforms 
• Partner with security and compliance to build surveillance tooling into deployment pipelines
• Design and implement automation to streamline overall operational IT support workflows 
• Action Kubernetes deployment, implementation, and support
• Build a technological roadmap based on product requirements
• Participate in on-call to support the AWS service deployment pipeline
• Promote DevSecOps mentality and establish best practices to ensure top-tier cloud security 
• Set and maintain a standard of excellence for technical documentation across IT engineering 
• Participate in an operational environment with strict SLAs and managed incident response and disaster recovery strategies
• Facilitate incident response, conduct root cause analysis and blameless retrospectives
• Define metrics and design/implement automation opportunities based on monitoring/observability
• Developing and maintaining integrations with other systems, such as source control and build systems
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with internal toolings

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

• At least 8 years experience supporting network infrastructure
• At least 8 years experience automating cloud infrastructure
• Proficient in at least one scripting languages (Bash, python, Ruby, Go, etc)
• Proficiency with version control using CI/CD (Git)
• Strong experience supporting AWS services and CI/CD workflows using terraform or equivalent framework
• Strong experience with configuration management systems like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Salt
• Strong experience with containers and containers orchestration like Docker and Kubernetes
• Demonstrated ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality

Nice to haves:

• Expertise with linux, bash, ruby, python and/or go
• Expertise automating EC2 or containers deployment with terraform
• Strong network security fundamentals
• Experience managing and leveraging log aggregation  
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company
• Experience in a Remote-first IT environment

Job #: P76227

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary 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):

$186,065—$218,900 USD

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.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.  For US applicants, you may view the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. 

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.  

For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. 

The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com