Staff Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technical strategy for test infrastructure across Coinbase engineering, prioritizing speed of feedback.
• Build and operate core Developer Infrastructure - Test services: test execution orchestration, smart test selection, parallel sharding, flaky-test detection and suppression, and test result storage and analysis.
• Reduce time between code written and test results; drive flakiness rate down for trustworthy signals.
• Own systems end to end — SLOs, observability, on-call — with zero tolerance for correctness issues.
• Partner with engineering teams to identify and fix test infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Mentor engineers, set technical standards, and shape organizational approach to test infrastructure.

Requirements

• 10+ years building and operating production software with strong fundamentals in distributed systems and a primary language like Go (or similar).
• Demonstrated track record of defining and delivering technical strategy for foundational systems.
• Deep, hands-on experience in test infrastructure: test execution at scale, flaky-test detection, test selection, sharding, or test result analysis.
• Strong operational instincts — reliability, security, and observability focus.
• Track record of driving complex, cross-team technical projects to completion.
• Customer-focused mindset measuring success by impact on dependent engineers.
• Ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots in daily workflows.

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with test selection algorithms (change-based, dependency graph, ML-assisted) and coverage/speed tradeoffs.
• Experience operating at scale with Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and containers (Docker/OCI).
• Experience with observability and performance tooling (e.g., Datadog) for distributed test execution.
• Curiosity about crypto/web3; experience in regulated or security-sensitive environments.