Software Engineer, Blockchain Platform Nodes
Job Description
Coinbase's CB Node team operates every blockchain node powering the assets Coinbase supports — more than 55 protocols spanning Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, and others. This Software Engineer role focuses on performance analysis and optimization of that node fleet, building observability and automated-failover systems, and supporting protocol upgrades with an eye toward reliability and cost efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and optimize performance across Coinbase's blockchain node fleet spanning 55+ protocols
- Build observability, health-check, and automated-failover tooling for node infrastructure
- Right-size infrastructure to reduce spend without compromising reliability
- Support blockchain protocol upgrades from a performance and reliability perspective
What we are looking for
- 2+ years of systems-level performance analysis or profiling experience
- Proficiency in Go
- Comfort operating distributed systems in production
- Familiarity with node and consensus protocol behavior is a plus
- Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or pprof
Additional Information
This role sits inside one of the largest node-operations teams in crypto, responsible for infrastructure across dozens of protocols rather than a single chain. It suits engineers who want deep, cross-chain systems performance work rather than product-feature engineering.
Perks and Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Equity and bonus eligibility as part of total compensation
- Quarterly in-person company "surges" for the team
Keywords: Go, blockchain node operations, observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, pprof), performance profiling, distributed systems, consensus protocols
Coinbase
📍 Remote-first (San Francisco, CA roots)Visit Company WebsiteFounded in 2012, Coinbase is one of the largest crypto exchanges globally, serving retail and institutional clients with trading, custody, staking, and Web3 developer infrastructure (including Base). It is remote-first with quarterly in-person "surges."
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