# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $218k – $257k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Go, Distributed Systems, Test Infrastructure, Test Execution, Flaky Test Detection, Test Selection, Sharding, Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker, Datadog, Observability
**Posted:** 2026-06-11

> Staff Software Engineer owning technical strategy and systems for Coinbase's test infrastructure at scale. Focus on fast, reliable test signals through orchestration, smart selection, sharding, and flakiness remediation.

## Job Description

## 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.

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