- Company: Coinbase
- Location: Talcott Village, Connecticut
- Salary: Pay not listed
Coinbase at a glance
coinbase.com- Founded 2012
- Employees 1123
- Ticker COIN
Federal funding recipient: largest known award $140K from the Department of Homeland Security (started May 11, 2020) — via USAspending.gov
Coinbase analytics user licenses and cost of currencies.
3,711 employees covered under a retirement plan (2024 filing) — via DOL Form 5500 / EFAST2
Registered as a global legal entity (LEI 549300QHD76EP6ZKTT48, US) — via GLEIF
Coinbase Global, Inc. is a U.S. cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. It serves over 100 million users, operates in more than 100 countries, and is the largest U.S.-based crypto exchange and a major bitcoin custodian, with roughly US$516 billion in assets under custody as of 2024. Public ticker: COIN. About 1,123 employees per available facts. Background: Wikipedia.
17,142 Wikipedia views in July 2026 — a rough gauge of public visibility.
Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering Platform at Coinbase - Talcott Village, Connecticut
Position Summary
Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Platform team. This role involves building and operating systems that centralize all of Coinbase's internal and third-party data, making it accessible for teams across the company to use for analytics, machine learning, and end-user experiences.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and platforms
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data needs and implement solutions
- Optimize existing systems for performance and reliability
- Implement data governance and security practices
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our data infrastructure
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a focus on data engineering
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala
- Experience with big data technologies like Apache Spark, Kafka, and Hadoop
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Knowledge of data warehousing solutions like Redshift, BigQuery, or Snowflake
- Experience in designing and implementing ETL processes
- Aptitude for problem-solving and ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Working at Coinbase
Coinbase is a leading digital asset exchange, and our team is dedicated to building cutting-edge technology that empowers people around the world to use cryptocurrency. We offer a collaborative work environment with access to state-of-the-art tools and resources.
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What people say about Coinbase
Public discussion tied to Coinbase in the provided set is mostly older Hacker News threads (startup CEO dynamics, blockchain deployments, cashless payments) rather than current employee reviews. Recent headlines cover bitcoin-linked stock moves, an AI product mishap, Coinbase Premium trends, and UK investment-services permission. No Glassdoor/Indeed ratings or review scores are in the data.
- Ask HN: How to deal with a hard to work with Start-up CEO?
- Show HN: Deployments with the Blockchain
- Who's doing this to my internet?
- The Death of Cash
Recent news
- Strategy, Coinbase, Circle Stocks Rally After Bitcoin Breaks Above $63,000 - Yahoo Finance
- Coinbase's AI Hallucinated a World Cup Match Result Before the Game Even Started - CNET
- BTC price July rise at risk as Coinbase Premium logs 50-day negative streak: Crypto Daily - CoinDesk
- Coinbase Gains UK’s Permission to Offer Investment Services - PYMNTS.com
- For Coinbase, great ads are the least important part of the marketing plan - The Drum
Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
Working in Talcott Village, Connecticut
🇺🇸 Relocation safety for US: Exercise Normal Caution — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.1% — via FRED
National quits rate: 2.0% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 199,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Build the skills for this role
Prioritize strong distributed systems, SQL/warehouse modeling, streaming (e.g. Kafka-style patterns), orchestration, and production Python/Go or similar. Crypto domain literacy and compliance-minded data handling help; no cert catalog or costs were provided.
Expect system design for high-throughput data platforms, coding on data transforms and reliability, and questions on failure modes, schema evolution, and multi-tenant platform tradeoffs. Align stories to exchange-scale correctness and latency.
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Strong fit if you like senior ownership of data platforms under financial-grade reliability at a public crypto company (COIN). Less fit if you need remote work or detailed published pay/review signals—those are not in this listing’s data.
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Listing facts
- Role Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering Platform
- Employer Coinbase
- Location Talcott Village, Connecticut
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted August 7, 2026
- Apply by September 7, 2026
- Country United States
- Overview Full job description on this page (258 words)
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- Hacker News — Ask HN: How to deal with a hard to work with Start-up CEO?
- Hacker News — Show HN: Deployments with the Blockchain
- Hacker News — Who's doing this to my internet?
- Hacker News — The Death of Cash
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