Senior Software Engineer, FinOps

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

The FinOps team at Coinbase operates as the central nervous system for our infrastructure spend, bridging the gap between Engineering, Finance, and Product. We manage the cost data across every product team within the organization and act as the primary liaison with all of our vendor partners to ensure our financial data is exceptionally accurate and valid.

Key Responsibilities and Ongoing Initiatives

• Driving FinOps Culture: We strive to make cost-awareness part of everyday engineering and product decisions. It requires cross-functional collaboration (finance, engineering, product), clear metrics and real-time visibility into cloud spend, automated tagging and chargeback/showback, and ongoing education so teams own cost vs. value tradeoffs. Treating cost optimization as an iterative, data-driven practice with guardrails and the right tooling will make it easier for Coinbase to compete in the marketplace by keeping our costs as optimized as possible.

• Cost Allocation & Unit Economics: We manage cost allocations across all Coinbase projects so that every team has a crystal-clear view of their all-in costs, incorporating both shared services and partner service usage. This ensures our leadership and engineers can make data-driven decisions on how costs flow through the platform.

• The FinOps Hub: We are actively building out a centralized FinOps Hub. This serves as a single pane of glass for all optimization and cost data for our partner teams. It allows us to monitor resource utilization in real-time and quickly react to cost regressions—whether they stem from accidental spikes or intentional architectural changes by our product teams.

• Strategic Visibility & Accountability: We provide leadership with deep visibility into the financial impact of their engineering decisions. By establishing a strong culture of financial accountability, we help teams weigh the immediate trade-offs between shipping new features and focusing on infrastructure efficiency.

• Vendor & Resource Optimization: We collaborate closely with our vendors to optimize our contracts and ensure our engineering teams are equipped with the insights needed to right-size resources, eliminate waste, and build cost-efficient solutions.

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties)

• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering and Finance leadership to build tooling that provides real-time visibility into the financial impact of architectural decisions, helping teams balance feature shipping with infrastructure efficiency.

• Build and maintain the core features of our internal FinOps Hub, transforming raw cloud and vendor data into actionable insights for engineering teams.

• Own the integration of vendor billing APIs, ensuring that all incoming cost data is highly accurate and seamlessly flows into our allocation models.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements)

• Deep, hands‑on understanding of cloud infrastructure (like AWS or GCP) and a solid grasp of how different cloud primitives are provisioned, metered, and billed.

• Strong proficiency in backend software engineering (e.g., Go, Python, or Ruby) and a track record of delivering high‑quality, production‑ready code.

• Analytical and debugging skills to trace cost anomalies back to specific infrastructure changes, paired with excellent cross‑functional communication to clearly articulate these technical drivers to engineering peers and product managers.

Nice to haves

• Prior experience working in the FinOps domain, cloud economics, or directly building tools for infrastructure optimization.

• Previous experience building internal developer tools, dashboards, or portals that drive engineering behavior.

• Professional certifications related to cloud architecture or cost management, such as a FinOps Certified Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Job #: P74890

Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.

Pay Transparency Notice

Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$186,065—$218,900 USD

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.

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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