Senior Software Engineer, FinOps

Job Description

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 include: 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 pr

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