Software Engineer Intern

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well-tested code that ships to production and directly impacts Coinbase customers.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn technical and product vision into delivered features.
• Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving feedback that raises the quality bar for your team.
• Own a defined project end-to-end, from scoping through implementation and launch, within your 12-week internship.
• Learn and apply crypto and blockchain domain concepts to real engineering problems in a production environment.

Requirements

• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human‑in‑the‑loop practices to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Programming experience in any language (academic, personal projects, or professional).
• Demonstrated ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete implementation steps.
• Familiarity with at least one of: web development, mobile development, backend systems, or infrastructure.

Product Group Teams (internship location = San Francisco)

Base

Scale the crypto economy by creating integrations, fiat onramps, and developer tools on Coinbase's Ethereum L2 network, connecting builders to 108M+ users and $100B+ in assets.

Consumer

Build the fastest way to access crypto through the Coinbase retail and wallet apps, advanced trade, dApps, and staking.

Developer

Help build out Coinbase Developer Platform - trusted crypto infrastructure at scale. Payments, Wallets, Trading, and Stablecoin APIs for the global financial system.

Institutional

Enable thousands of large financial institutions to securely custody digital assets, stake, and participate in the crypto economy.

Platform

Create the scalable, compliant foundational systems (Identity, FinHub, Payments, Blockchain and Infrastructure) that underpin all Coinbase products.

Enterprise AI

Build AI-powered tools and platforms that boost employee productivity and collaboration, partnering with ML, IT, and HR to bring custom and third-party AI solutions into everyday workflows.

Enterprise Engineering (EE)

Develop platforms that enhance customer support, internal tools and compliance through automation and customer-first engineering.

Core Teams (internship location = New York City)

Security

Build solutions for critical security, compliance, and privacy needs, including the Workforce IAM Platform and security oversight tooling.

Required Skills and Experience

• Utilize generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
• PID: GETR-PSWE00US-Q326

Pay Transparency Notice

Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.

Hourly Rate

• $60
• $60 USD

Application Limit

Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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