Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Identity Platform

Overview 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. 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. Responsibilities Coinbase is hiring an experienced site reliability engineer (SRE) to join the IT Operations Corporate Engineering team to build and scale our identity and access management tooling. A successful candidate will have demonstrated previous success in similar roles in rapidly growing, security-first environments. The right person is passionate about infrastructure as code, open source tooling, automation, and securely managing identity at scale. Engage in a dynamic role combining traditional operations responsibilities with development and deployment of cloud-native applications, fostering a DevOps culture that emphasizes collaboration and automation Partner across Coinbase to design, implement, and maintain performant, reliable, and secure system architectures Provide corporate IAM and DevOps tooling subject matter expertise to adjacent IT, Security, and Engineering teams Implement automation tooling and scripts to eliminate manual, repetitive tasks and reduce inefficiencies in system operations Create comprehensive documentation and runbooks detailing system configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting steps across the system lifecycle Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for integrating changes and deploying to production in progressively tested environments Deliver configurations and maintain state using configuration management tools Facilitate incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and blameless retrospectives Define metrics and bolster monitoring/observability across corporate IAM systems Participate in regular on-call rotation to ensure 24x7 uptime for critical systems Qualifications 5+ years of experience building, iterating upon, and maintaining corporate IAM systems 5+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure and application development Deep domain-knowledge with prominent cloud identity provider(s): Okta, Duo, Auth0, EntraID, Ping, etc. Demonstrated success developing and implementing tooling that solves problems related to identity lifecycle and provisioning, SSO, MFA, ABAC, RBAC, directory services, zero trust networking, PAM, and secrets management Experience configuring and implementing modern open source tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker Fluency in a modern programming language (Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C# etc.) Strong experience using and managing AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud environments with IaC Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows, automation frameworks, and best practices Clear communication—ability to explain technical concepts simply Self-starter—continuous learning mindset Demonstrate critical thinking under pressure Nice to have Experience working in a highly regulated environment Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company Pay and Benefits Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary range shown. Total compensation also includes equity and bonus eligibility and benefits. Base salary range shown: $186,065—$218,900 USD. Full time offers may include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). Please note that you may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. Evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying. Commitment to Equal Opportunity: Coinbase is 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 identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by law. For US applicants, you may view the Employee Rights and Know Your Rights notices. Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program where required. Coinbase also provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. 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