Staff Software Engineer - Tax Engineering

About the Role

We're hiring a Staff Software Engineer to technically lead the Tax Engineering team within the Consumer Product Group. Tax Engineering sits at the intersection of every trade, every payment, and every product Coinbase ships on the hot path. When a user buys Bitcoin, sells an equity, earns staking rewards, or redeems an Advisor-managed strategy, our systems calculate cost basis, track gain/loss, determine withholding obligations, and produce the reporting that keeps Coinbase compliant across every product line and legal entity globally.

Ownership & Impact

As the Staff Software Engineer on the team you'll define multi-quarter technical strategies, build systems with stringent correctness and scalability requirements, and set the technical direction for how Coinbase handles one of the most complex domains in financial services.

In this role, you will:

• Own the architecture and evolution of real-time and offline systems that calculate, track, and report taxes for crypto transactions at scale — ensuring correctness, low latency, and 24x7 availability.
• Define multi-quarter technical strategies for the Tax Platform, identifying opportunities to simplify complexity, improve reliability, and expand capabilities as Coinbase launches new asset types and products.
• Architect and build distributed systems that power tax calculation engines, cost basis tracking, and tax reporting APIs — serving millions of customers with strict accuracy requirements.
• Lead technical design and implementation of systems handling complex tax scenarios.

About Coinbase

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We're building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system. We're seeking candidates passionate about our mission who believe in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system.

Our culture is intense and demanding. We value those eager to leave their mark on the world, who relish working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seek feedback to keep leveling up. In-person participation is required throughout the year, with team and company-wide offsites held multiple times annually.