Cloud Database Engineer

We’re Coinbase. We’re the world’s most trusted way to join the crypto revolution, serving more than 89 million accounts in more than 100 countries. 

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 Web 3.0 for our users across the globe, whether they’re trading, storing, staking or using crypto. Know those people who always lead the group project? That’s us.

There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for candidates who will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, 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. We’re a remote-first company looking to hire the absolute best talent all over the world.

Ready to #LiveCrypto? Who you are:

• You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there. 
• You’re never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0. 
• You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and an eager listener - because let’s face it, you can’t have one without the other. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
• You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a boring job.
• You have a “can do” attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesn’t scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
• You want to be part of a winning team. We’re stronger together, and you’re a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.

Financial Hub is the financial engine to process distributed transfers across blockchains, banks, card networks and our internal ledger. We’re building the Coinbase L2 platform capabilities, enabling blockchain interoperability, and aggregating cefi and defi together as hyfi. We build highly scalable, compliant, and reliable foundational primitives that enable our product teams to innovate faster and empower our users to participate in the crypto ecosystem. This role will work with an engineering team that provides foundational systems to power user financial accounts, portfolio performance and transfers across fully custodial and semi-custodial pools of funds in and out of Coinbase. 

What You'll Be Doing (i.e., Job Duties)

• Build and scale our database infrastructure and data models to facilitate various Exchange functions such as clearing, settlement, order management and reporting
• Collaborate with engineers from multiple streams to evolve our database architecture
• Analyze and optimize database administration and management with a focus on performance, high availability, observability and reliability
• Estimate and plan for future growth capacity
• Evaluate best in class database products and issue recommendations for adoption
• Provide production environment support as part of on-call support rotation

What We Look For In You (ie. Job Requirements)

• Experience of working on mission critical, high-throughput databases
• 5+ years of logical and physical database design and DBA experience
• 2+ years of experience building database solutions in the cloud, either AWS or similar
• Deep understanding and experience in relational database design and performance tuning (such as locks, query/index optimization) and Time Series databases
• Strong experience in PostGres, SQL, PL/SQL are needed

Nice to haves

• Have experience with Ruby on Rails or Golang
• Experience of building database solutions for applications that run 24x7
• Experience working with Amazon Aurora, RDS Dynamo, kdb+ or similar
• Experience with configuration management such as Terraform

Notice for Colorado applicants as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20). Target annual salary for this role performed in Colorado, is $175,100 + target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

ID: G2298

LI-Remote

Please note that for employees based in the US, Philippines, Canada or Singapore, if your role requires you to be present in a Coinbase office or if you choose to be physically present in a Coinbase office or sponsored location, you will be required to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19 (as defined by applicable law).  If you receive an offer, you will receive additional information about the grounds and process for an exemption.

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, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.  For US applicants, you may view Pay Transparency, Employee Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notices by clicking on their corresponding links.  Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.    

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