Senior Fullstack Engineer (Backend Leaning)

Overview

Location

Remote

Team

Engineering

Compensation

186K

219K

/ yr

Experience level

Senior

Occupation

Full-time

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Posted 32 mins ago

Senior Fullstack Engineer (Backend Leaning) at Base

Location

Remote

Experience level

Senior

Team

Engineering

Occupation

Full-time

Compensation

186K

219K

/ yr

Job Summary

Base, incubated within Coinbase, is looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer with a strong backend focus to help scale its onchain platform. This is a high-impact engineering role that blends deep infrastructure work, blockchain innovation, and cloud-native backend development. You’ll be a key contributor to backend services powering Base, with an emphasis on Golang, Kubernetes, and the broader OP Stack ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend systems in Go (Golang) to support the Base blockchain platform.
Work with Kubernetes and major cloud providers (AWS, GCP) to operate secure, scalable blockchain infrastructure.
Conduct research and prototyping on scaling and optimizing blockchain clients.
Write maintainable, well-tested, production-grade code to power onchain systems.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software engineering or systems engineering experience.
Experience developing and shipping high-scale backend systems.
Solid knowledge of infrastructure, distributed systems, and systems design best practices.
Proven ability to deliver clean, reliable, testable backend code.

Preferred Experience

Proficient in Golang, or familiar with crypto dev tools like Foundry, Geth, or Solidity.
Experience with Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code in cloud environments like AWS or GCP.
Contributions to open-source crypto projects (especially Base or OP Stack).
Familiarity with blockchain infrastructure, Ethereum clients, or L2 scaling solutions.

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