Base is planning to bring a million developers and a billion users onchain. We need your help to make that happen.
We believe that the onchain platform is the most important builder platform since the internet (“online”). We believe that the onchain platform should be open source, free to use, and globally available. And we believe that in order to make it really work, we need all hands on deck, working together to scale in a secure, decentralized, easy-to-use way.
At Base, we live by ourStay Basedvalues: we do the right thing, work hard, stay optimistic, prioritize the team, and push creative boundaries—all while building the future of onchain. We value aZone 3+ work ethic, where our team rises to the challenge, embraces hard weeks, and makes small to significant personal tradeoffs when necessary to drive impact and innovation.
Base is incubated within Coinbase and plans to progressively decentralize in the years ahead. We believe that decentralization is critical to creating an open, global crypto economy that is accessible to everyone.
Base is built on Optimism’s open-source OP Stack. We’re joining as the second Core Dev team working on the OP Stack to ensure it’s a public good available to everyone; and contributing a portion of sequencer revenue to funding public goods.
We are looking for a strong Senior Backend Software Engineer to join the Base team to enable and accelerate the success of Base. You’ll be working with the OP Stack, as well as internal infrastructure and software systems to power the Base Blockchain.
What you'll be doing:
- Building and maintaining backend Golang systems to power the Base Blockchain
- Contributing to open-source projects such as the Geth and Optimism
- Working with Kubernetes and Cloud services to automate and maintain critical blockchain infrastructure
- Engaging in research and prototyping of groundbreaking ideas to improve efficiency and scalability of blockchain clients
What we look for in you:
- You have at least 2 years of experience in software engineering or systems engineering
- You've developed and shipped features of core backend systems
- You’re familiar with current trends and best practices in infrastructure and systems design
- You write high quality, well tested and maintainable code
Nice to haves:
- You’re comfortable with Golang, Geth, Foundry, Solidity, or other crypto tools
- You have contributed to open source crypto projects, for example OP Stack contributions or Base contributions
- You’ve familiar with Kubernetes or cloud providers such as AWS or GCP
Job #: GDBE05US
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