# Senior Software Engineer (Platform - Access & Authorization) at Coinbase

- Company: Coinbase
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Greylock and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.coinbase.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote - USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-08-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://www.coinbase.com/careers/positions/8146039?gh_jid=8146039&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/coinbase-senior-software-engineer-platform-access-and-authorization/

## About the role

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Go or a comparable systems-oriented language, including building and operating reliable, high-throughput distributed services in production
- Demonstrated experience designing secure APIs and reasoning about authentication, authorization, session management, trust boundaries, and token handling (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWTs, PKCE, or related standards)
- Proficiency with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and data stores such as Redis or DynamoDB, with strong operational instincts using metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and SLOs to run critical services
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Tags: Engineering - Backend

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/coinbase-senior-software-engineer-platform-access-and-authorization/