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Coinbase
Staff Software Engineer (Compute Platform (Routing))
Skills
PythonGolangJavaAIAWSKubernetes
2 months ago
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$218,025 – $256,500 / year
Location:
United States
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
3 September 2026
What they need
- As a Staff Software Engineer on the Compute Platform team within the Platform Product Group, you’ll own the routing layer that connects every service at Coinbase to its customers
- The Compute Platform team builds and operates core compute orchestration infrastructure based on CNCF technologies including Istio, Envoy, and Kubernetes
- You’ll design and deliver net-new routing capabilities that improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of application traffic across our entire fleet
- Own the design, development, and automation of routing infrastructure that directs application traffic to Kubernetes backends at scale
- Build capabilities on top of Envoy-based reverse proxies, Istio gateways, Ambient mesh, and SPIFFE service authentication
- Drive measurable improvements to latency, reliability, and performance of application routing systems across Coinbase’s production environment
- Shape the paved-road developer experience for operating applications at Coinbase, with emphasis on AI-driven tooling, processes, and support
- Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to ensure routing infrastructure meets cross-cutting platform requirements- Track record of diagnosing complex distributed systems issues, identifying root causes, and driving them to resolution independently
- Deep familiarity with the CNCF ecosystem (Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio) and proven ability to extend or contribute to these technologies in production
- Demonstrated experience scaling backend infrastructure on AWS, with working knowledge of networking, compute, and container orchestration services
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering and infrastructure roles
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality, including applying AI tooling to infrastructure workflows to improve efficiency, reliability, or developer velocity
- Proficiency in one or more systems programming languages (Go, Python, or Java) with experience building and shipping production-grade infrastructure services
- 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience with application routing technologies including reverse proxies, ingress controllers, CDN/WAF, and service mesh
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