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7 days ago
## Protocol Engineer Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen. We are looking for a **Protocol Engineer** to join the Base team to help us continue scaling in order to pave the way for billions of people coming onchain. **What you'll do:** * Hack on execution client internals (geth, reth, etc.) to extend capacity and capabilities of these systems well beyond current standards. * Develop representative loads against which to rigorously benchmark performance. * Improve OP stack through efforts such as reducing the footprint of data that needs to be made L1-available. * Help with important external scaling efforts such as PeerDAS and Danksharding. **What we look for in you:** * Some understanding of geth and/or reth internals (deep understanding of either a huge plus). * Familiarity with database internals and high performance database systems. * Understanding of the Ethereum scaling roadmap, and crypto-forward knowledge more generally. * A track record of successful scaling of an existing high throughput system. **Nice to haves:** * Experience in software parallelization, including but not limited to optimistic concurrency and operation pipelining. * Understanding of optimized approaches to Ethereum state management such as Erigon/Reth’s flat DB, FirewoodDB, MonadDB, etc. * Deep understanding of EVM internals, and (just-in-time) compilation expertise that might be applied to it. --- ### Pay Transparency Notice Depending on your work location, the target annual **base** salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits: **$152,405 — $179,300 USD** --- Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. ### Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase 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 the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here). ### Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here. ### AI Disclosure *For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.* *For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.* ***The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment***. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com. When applying, mention the word **CANDYSHOP** to show you read the job post completely.
24 days ago
# Senior Fullstack Engineer Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen. We believe that the onchain platform is the most important builder platform since the internet (“online”). We believe that the onchain platform should be open source, free to use, and globally available. And we believe that in order to make it really work, we need all hands on deck, working together to scale in a secure, decentralized, easy-to-use way. At Base, we live by our **Stay Based** values: we do the right thing, work hard, stay optimistic, prioritize the team, and push creative boundaries—all while building the future of onchain. We value a **Zone 3+ work ethic**, where our team rises to the challenge, embraces hard weeks, and makes small to significant personal tradeoffs when necessary to drive impact and innovation. Base is incubated within Coinbase and plans to progressively decentralize in the years ahead. We believe that decentralization is critical to creating an open, global crypto economy that is accessible to everyone. Base is built on Optimism’s open-source OP Stack. We’re joining as the second Core Dev team working on the OP Stack to ensure it’s a public good available to everyone; and contributing a portion of sequencer revenue to funding public goods. We are looking for a **Senior Fullstack Engineer** to join the Base team with emphasis in frontend onchain engineering, to enable and accelerate the success of Base. You’ll be working across all components of our system to enable the next generation of onchain products at the company. ## What you'll be doing: - Building and maintaining our frontend web applications with high quality standards - Open sourcing our web apps and libraries, and managing open source contributions and issues from the community - Assisting teams inside Coinbase building onchain products, leveraging industry best practices and modern dapp development patterns - Building key components of the OP Stack to further the decentralization of Base and other L2s ## What we look for in you: - You have at least 5 years of experience in software engineering, and at least 4 years of experience in developing web apps and shipping user-facing features with JavaScript and modern js frameworks like React and NextJS - You've developed and shipped user-facing features with onchain components - You’re familiar with current trends and best practices in frontend architecture and dapp development, including security, performance, and usability. - You’re familiar with product and design lifecycles, and collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers - You write high quality, well tested and maintainable code ## Nice to haves: - You’ve worked with Golang, Geth, Foundry, Solidity - You have contributed to open source crypto projects, for example OP Stack contributions or Base contributions - Experience with growth experiments or A/B testing frameworks - You’ve built responsive web or mobile applications - *Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.* ## Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual **base** salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, and vision). **Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits:** R$466.800 — R$466.800 BRL Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. ## Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase 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 the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here). ## Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here. ## AI Disclosure *For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.* *For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.* ***The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment***. *To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com.* When applying, mention the word **CANDYSHOP** to show you read the job post completely.
28 days ago
## Base Product Attorney Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen. We are seeking an exceptional attorney to join our Product Legal team, dedicated to supporting the Coinbase incubated Base Layer 2 blockchain. In this pivotal role, you will navigate complex, first-of-a-kind blockchain and Base related product initiatives. Your responsibilities will extend across the Base L2 ecosystem, from operational support to ensuring seamless integration and compliance of Coinbase integrated products and base-native products. Collaborating closely with other members of the Coinbase legal team, you will tackle a wide array of challenging matters that influence the landscape of blockchain technology and innovation. ### What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties): * As Base specific product legal counsel, you will help build the legal foundation to support Base’s onchain mission and strategy. * Play a pivotal role in the grants ecosystem by overseeing legal processes related to funding and supporting innovative projects within the Base ecosystem. * Facilitate the integration of both Coinbase and third party services and products in the Base ecosystem, ensuring they adhere to legal standards and regulatory expectations. This includes conducting due diligence, drafting compliance policies, and providing guidance on risk management related to Base product integration. * Be a business partner, not just an attorney. * Provide full product life-cycle counseling. * Look around corners and creatively solve problems for the business as they plan, build, and execute on their product roadmap. * Identify issues that may fall outside your expertise, driving resolution by partnering with other members of the Coinbase legal team and outside counsel. * Work cross-departmentally, including with stakeholders such as Compliance, Communications, Finance, Tax, Security, Enterprise Risk Management, Engineering, Data, Analytics, Corporate Development, and members of Coinbase’s leadership team. * Respond promptly to a wide range of complex legal requests and coordinate closely with Legal department colleagues to ensure the swift delivery of smart, practical advice. * Operate in a fast paced, demanding environment and pivot quickly to meet leadership's needs. * Scale the advice you provide, so that you can do more with less and grow efficiently with the business. ### What we look for in you (ie. job requirements): * Currently licensed in a U.S. state. J.D. or equivalent, minimum of 5 years of legal experience. * You have strong, substantive practice and practical experience working in crypto / web3 / defi / protocols / blockchain. * You have Financial technology experience preferred but not required. * You have experience counseling product teams in launching consumer or developer-facing technology products and services. * You have a strong interest or experience in digital currency, blockchain technology, and innovative constructs pioneered by decentralized finance. * You have an understanding of the legal and regulatory considerations affecting crypto protocols and onchain products, including how decentralized architectures and onchain workflows impact product design and governance. * You have experience with build-outs to support Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Know-your-customer (KYC) requirements, and regulated e-money and money transmission obligations under banking laws. * You have proven problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills. * You exercise excellent legal judgment with analytic rigor, prudential risk assessment, and a balance of realizable creativity and pragmatism. * You are comfortable with risk-adjusted thinking, and can understand when interpretive flexibility is warranted. * You are team-oriented and collaborative, you bring cross-departmental colleagues to the table, and build your practice to enable your clients to successfully build and launch crypto products at Coinbase. ### Nice to haves: * Technology/engineering background (Bachelors of science). * Experience working with protocols, rollups, Layer2s (bitcoin core team, ethereum foundation, polygon, solana, optimism). Req #: P75838 #LI-Remote --- ### Pay Transparency Notice *Depending on your work location, the target annual **base** salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).* **Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits:** $224,995 — $264,700 USD --- Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. ### Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase 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 the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here). ### Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here. ### AI Disclosure *For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript.*
51 days ago
## Machine Learning Engineer, Base App Social Feed Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen. We believe that the onchain platform is the most important builder platform since the internet (“online”). We believe that the onchain platform should be open source, free to use, and globally available. And we believe that in order to make it really work, we need all hands on deck, working together to scale in a secure, decentralized, easy-to-use way. At **Base**, we live by our Stay Based values: we do the right thing, work hard, stay optimistic, prioritize the team, and push creative boundaries—all while building the future of onchain. We value a Zone 3+ work ethic, where our team rises to the challenge, embraces hard weeks, and makes small to significant personal tradeoffs when necessary to drive impact and innovation. Base is incubated within **Coinbase** and plans to progressively decentralize in the years ahead. We believe that decentralization is critical to creating an open, global crypto economy that is accessible to everyone. Base is built on **Optimism**’s open-source OP Stack. We’re joining as the second Core Dev team working on the OP Stack to ensure it’s a public good available to everyone; and contributing a portion of sequencer revenue to funding public goods. The Base App Social Feed team is looking for a **Machine Learning Engineer** to help with building the foundation for a high-signal social and trading feed experience, focusing on relevance, discovery, safety, and performance. As a Machine Learning Engineer, you’ll design production-scale ranking and AI systems end-to-end, owning data pipelines, features and embeddings, retrieval and RAG, and online inference while partnering closely with Data Science to measure the impact of new ranking models. ### What you'll be doing: - Design, build, and iterate AI and ML-powered ranking and relevance systems (including candidate generation, filtering, personalization, bandits, and learning-to-rank) that balance engagement, quality, and safety while meeting latency and reliability SLOs. - Develop features and embeddings for users, content, graph, temporal, and safety signals; establish feature contracts, offline backfills, and online freshness. - Stand up vector retrieval and RAG pipelines for semantic search, content understanding, and safety heuristics; tune retrieval quality, token/latency budgets, and evaluation. - Build and operate online inference and batch scoring services for LLMs and ML models; optimize throughput, cost, caching, and autoscaling; introduce GPU-aware scheduling where appropriate. - Partner with Data Platform on data movement and pipelines (batch and streaming) that power ranking models and analytics; ensure data quality, lineage, documentation, and observability. - Partner with Data Science to frame metrics and hypotheses, design trustworthy experiments, analyze results, and productionize improvements. - Productionize models end-to-end (training, evaluation, versioning, registries, rollouts, shadowing/canary, rollback) with strong CI/CD and infra-as-code practices. - Establish ML observability (data/feature drift, model performance, safety thresholds, online/offline eval, dashboards and alerting) to maintain quality over time. - Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, platform/infra, safety, and CX to align on goals, roadmap, and risk management. - Contribute to engineering excellence through documentation, code reviews, reliability improvements, and mentorship to junior engineers. ### What we look for in you: - 3+ years of ML engineering or recommender-systems experience (or equivalent), including shipping production models and improving them iteratively. - Strong software engineering fundamentals with proficiency in Python and SQL; experience building reliable services and data pipelines at scale. - LLM and AI inference experience, including prompt/program design, evaluation frameworks, agentic workflows, or online performance optimization. - Data pipelines and orchestration (batch and streaming), data quality/observability, and schema/feature contract management. - ML operations (model registries, feature stores, experiment frameworks, offline/online evaluation, rollouts, and monitoring). - Experimentation mindset with practical A/B testing design, metric selection, and rigorous analysis in partnership with Data Science. - Clear, pragmatic communication and the ability to collaborate across product, design, and engineering to drive outcomes. - A hunger to learn more about AI and ranking at production scale. - BS/MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or equivalent practical experience. ### Nice to haves: - Experience with social feeds, marketplace dynamics, or personalization at scale. - Hands-on experience with ranking/relevance, candidate generation/two-tower models, embeddings/vector search, contextual bandits, or RAG or retrieval-enhanced workflows. - Experience with content safety and quality signals (e.g., NSFW/abuse detection, watermarking, spam/fraud patterns) and ranking-time mitigation. - Knowledge of privacy, compliance, and responsible AI considerations in production ML. - Exposure to Go or other strongly typed languages used in high-performance backends. *Position ID: GBML04US* ### Pay Transparency Notice **Pay Transparency Notice**: Depending on your work location, the target annual **base** salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits: **$152,405 — $190,000 USD** --- Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. ### Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase 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 the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial available).
80 days ago
## Communications Manager, Base Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen. ### About the Role Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain, is seeking a Communications Manager to lead public relations and communications efforts. This role will focus on amplifying Base’s mission to bring a billion people onchain by driving media strategies, building narratives, and managing relationships with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of crypto, strong media relations experience, and a passion for storytelling in the blockchain space. ### What you’ll be doing: * **Strategic Communications Leadership:** Develop and execute PR strategies to elevate Base’s visibility across mainstream, crypto, and international media. * **Media Relations:** Build and maintain strong relationships with reporters, editors, and influencers in the blockchain, tech, and business sectors. Proactively pitch stories and manage media inquiries. * **Messaging and Narrative Development:** Craft compelling narratives that highlight Base’s impact on the onchain economy, focusing on builder success stories, international expansion, and innovative use cases. * **Event Support:** Lead PR efforts for Base’s participation in key events, such as international tours, DevCon, and other industry conferences. * **Builder/Creator Amplification:** Collaborate with Base’s ecosystem partners to amplify builder success stories through media coverage. * **Crisis and Issues Management:** Handle reactive communications, ensuring consistent messaging and mitigating risks. * **Measurement and Reporting:** Track earned media coverage, share of voice, and other key metrics to measure the success of PR initiatives. ### What we look for in you: * **Experience:** 8+ years in public relations, communications, or related roles, with a focus on technology, blockchain, or fintech. * **Media Savvy:** Proven track record of securing coverage in top-tier publications (e.g., Bloomberg, CNBC, TechCrunch) and crypto-native outlets. * **Crypto Expertise:** Deep understanding of blockchain technology, Layer 2 solutions, and the broader crypto ecosystem. * **Storytelling Skills:** Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences. * **Global Perspective:** Experience with international media and cross-cultural communications is a plus. * **Resilience:** Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with 24/7 availability when needed. ### Nice to haves: * Experience with decentralized applications (dApps) or Layer 2 scaling solutions. * Strong relationships with crypto and tech reporters. **Job #:** P74976 --- ### Pay Transparency Notice Depending on your work location, the target annual **base** salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). **Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits:** $205,785 — $242,100 USD --- Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. ### Commitment to Equal Opportunity Coinbase 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 the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here). ### Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here. ### AI Disclosure *For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.* *For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.* ***The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.*** *To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com.* When applying, mention the word **CANDYSHOP** to show you read the job post completely.