Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer) in London

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom around the world, and we couldn't do this without hiring the best people. We're a group of hard‐working overachievers who are deeply focused on building the future of finance and Web3 for our users across the globe, whether they're trading, storing, staking or using crypto.

There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team:

• We look for candidates who will thrive in a culture where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves.
• We expect all employees to commit to our mission‐focused approach to our work.
• We seek people who are excited to learn about and live crypto, because those are the folks who enjoy the intense moments in our sprint and recharge work culture.

Who you are:

• You’ve got positive energy and are optimistic about the future.
• You’re never tired of learning and want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
• You appreciate direct communication and are both an active communicator and an eager listener.
• You can pivot on the fly as crypto is constantly evolving.
• You have a "can do" attitude and take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
• You want to be part of a winning team and embrace being pushed out of your comfort zone.

Coinbase is seeking aspiring backend engineers to join our team to build out the next generation of crypto‐forward products and features. You will solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems, bridging the constraints posed by web‐scale applications and blockchain technology. You will help build the next generation of systems to make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone across the globe, operating real‐time applications with high frequency, low latency updates, and managing the most secure, dockerized infrastructure running in the cloud.

The Consumer Product Group engineers strive to make the Coinbase retail app the easiest‐to‐use and fastest experience for accessing crypto. Join Coinbase's Country Expansion team to influence the future of cryptocurrency adoption in the UK. Collaborate with the Country Director, Product Managers, and cross‐functional teams to customize the Coinbase app, tailoring it to the UK market.

What you’ll be doing:

• You will write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• You will execute scoped technical tasks end‐to‐end to help Coinbase fulfill its mission.
• You will independently take ownership over the completion and quality of your tasks and projects.
• Show bias for action, and data‐driven decisions to experiment new solutions as fast as possible.
• You will be collaborating with the Country Manager, other engineers, product managers and designers at Coinbase.

What we look for in you:

• You have graduated university with internship and industry experience.
• You write high quality, well tested code.
• You build resilient and scalable micro‐services.
• You’re excited about tackling complex problems and getting things done.
• You have experience executing technical tasks and projects end‐to‐end.
• You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.
• You’re an excellent written and verbal communicator in English.

Nice to haves:

• You have at least 1 year of experience with Golang, Protobuff, GRPC, GraphQL, MongoDB, Docker, Ruby on Rails.
• You’ve worked on engineering teams in the finance space.
• You are passionate about blockchain technology and a power user of crypto exchange applications or dapps.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity: Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law.