Staff Software Engineer – Platform, Access & Authorization

Job Description:

  • Own end-to-end design, implementation, and operation of capabilities across authentication, OAuth, sessions, tokens, 2FA, account recovery, and edge authorization.
  • Build secure, low-latency Go and gRPC services for Coinbase web, mobile, API, and partner experiences, with observability, failure testing, and measurable SLOs.
  • Lead technical designs for signed authorization tokens, passkeys, biometric recovery, device-aware authentication, and mobile OAuth.
  • Partner with product, security, fraud, and infrastructure teams to balance customer conversion, account protection, regulatory requirements, and engineering constraints.
  • Simplify integration patterns and build self-service tooling for safe, scalable adoption of access and authorization capabilities.
  • Mentor engineers and raise technical standards through design reviews, pairing, code reviews, and on-call participation.

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Strong proficiency in Go or a comparable systems-oriented language.
  • Experience building and operating reliable, high-throughput distributed production services.
  • Experience designing secure APIs and reasoning about authentication, authorization, session management, trust boundaries, and token handling.
  • Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWTs, PKCE, or related standards.
  • Proficiency with gRPC and Protocol Buffers.
  • Experience with Redis or DynamoDB.
  • Strong operational skills using metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and SLOs.
  • Track record delivering complex cross-functional projects from technical design through production rollout.
  • Clear written and verbal communication.
  • Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight and measurable workflow improvements.

Benefits:

  • Equity eligibility
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges”
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