Senior Systems Engineer - Identity Platform

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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.
Coinbase is hiring! We are looking for an experienced system engineer (SE) to join the IT Operations Corporate Engineering team to build and scale our workforce identity and access management tooling and processes. A successful candidate will have demonstrated previous success in similar role(s) in rapidly growing, security-first environments. The right person is passionate about secure access, automation, and managing modern cloud identity providers.
What you'll be doing (ie. job duties):

• Partner across Coinbase to design, implement, and maintain performant, reliable, and secure identity systems
• Provide corporate IAM 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
• Participate in testing and implementing changes
• Create and update comprehensive documentation and runbooks that detail system configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting steps across system lifecycle
• 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

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

• 5+ years of experience building, iterating upon, and maintaining corporate IAM systems
• Deep domain-knowledge with prominent cloud identity provider(s): Okta, Duo, Google Workspace, Entra ID, Ping, etc.
• Demonstrated success implementing and managing tooling that solves problems related to: identity lifecycle and provisioning, SSO, MFA, ABAC, RBAC, directory services, zero trust networking, PAM, PIM, and secrets management
• Strong understanding of security concepts, particularly how they apply to identity management
• Familiarity with a modern programming language (Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C# etc.)
• Experience using and managing AWS, GCP, Azure, or other cloud environments
• Clear communication-demonstrate ability to explain technical concepts simply
• Self starter-possess a continuous learning mindset
• Demonstrate critical thinking under pressure

Nice to haves:

• Experience configuring and implementing modern open source tooling such as: Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company

ID: P69148
Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual 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)).
Pay Range:
$167,280 - $196,800 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.
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AI Disclosure
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