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Coinbase tech stack

Coinbase builds mostly with Go, Python, SQL, Java. Its stack also includes AWS, Kubernetes, Snowflake, React.js. Go is named in 100 of the 300 job postings Coinbase published in the last 12 months (33%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Coinbase, updated Nov 13, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Nov 13, 2026
Technologies in use
182
Postings analysed
300
Open now
167
Modernity
82 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Coinbase use?

Go is named in 33% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by Python (23%), SQL (23%), Java (15%).

Go 100 33% required in 97% · 48 open now · since Dec 2025
Python 69 23% required in 100% · 39 open now · since Mar 2026
SQL 69 23% required in 94% · 46 open now · since Dec 2025
Java 44 15% required in 100% · 19 open now · since Apr 2026
JavaScript 25 8% required in 20% · 18 open now · since Jun 2026
Ruby 14 5% required in 93% · 8 open now · since Mar 2026
TypeScript 14 5% required in 86% · 11 open now · since Jun 2026
Kotlin 12 4% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Feb 2026
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Swift11
C++10
Rust8
PHP5
Solidity3
Node JS2
Apex1
Bash1

What frameworks and libraries does Coinbase use?

React.js is named in 8% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by React Native (5%), LangChain (3%), LangGraph (2%).

React.js 23 8% required in 48% · 17 open now · since Jun 2026
React Native 14 5% required in 93% · 10 open now · since Jun 2026
LangChain 9 3% required in 44% · 7 open now · since Jun 2026
LangGraph 7 2% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jun 2026
PyTorch 4 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jun 2026
TensorFlow 3 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Pydantic 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Vue.js 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Angular1
Espresso1
Flink1
Jetpack Compose1
Lightning Web Components1
LlamaIndex1
Nest.JS1
Next.js1
OpenTelemetry1
Ray1
SwiftUI1
XCTest1

What databases does Coinbase use?

Snowflake is named in 8% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by PostgreSQL (5%), Redis (4%), DynamoDB (2%).

Snowflake 23 8% required in 91% · 14 open now · since Jan 2026
PostgreSQL 15 5% required in 73% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Redis 12 4% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Jun 2026
DynamoDB 5 2% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
ClickHouse 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
Pinecone 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
StarRocks 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
Weaviate 2 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
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Amazon Redshift1
ElasticSearch1
Firestore1
Google BigQuery1
Memcached1

What cloud and platforms does Coinbase use?

AWS is named in 15% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by Kubernetes (10%), Apache Kafka (8%), Looker (7%).

AWS 46 15% required in 98% · 24 open now · since Oct 2025
Kubernetes 31 10% required in 100% · 15 open now · since Dec 2025
Apache Kafka 23 8% required in 100% · 15 open now · since Dec 2025
Looker 22 7% required in 91% · 15 open now · since Apr 2026
GCP 16 5% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Oct 2025
Datadog 11 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Jun 2026
Tableau 9 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
Buildkite 8 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Dec 2025
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Databricks8
Figma7
Linux7
Azure5
GitHub5
GitHub Actions5
Spark5
AWS Bedrock4
LangSmith4
Okta4
Vertex AI4
Istio3
Kibana3
Windows3
Amazon EC22
Amazon ECS2
Amazon EKS2
Chainalysis2
Cloudflare2
LocalAI2
Power BI2
Superset2
Zscaler2
AWS Step Functions1
Adjust1
Amazon S31
Braze1
GitLab1
GitLab CI1
Grafana1
SIEM1
Vercel1

What developer tools does Coinbase use?

Terraform is named in 7% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by gRPC (6%), GraphQL (5%), Docker (5%).

Terraform 21 7% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Dec 2025
gRPC 19 6% required in 100% · 14 open now · since Dec 2025
GraphQL 16 5% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Dec 2025
Docker 15 5% required in 73% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Rest API 9 3% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Feb 2026
Model Context Protocol 8 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Google ADK 6 2% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Git 6 2% required in 83% · 3 open now · since Feb 2026
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dbt5
CircleCI4
Cursor4
Chef3
Envoy3
Prometheus3
WebSockets3
Ansible2
ArgoCD2
Claude Code2
Helm2
Microsoft Excel2
Nomad2
Pulumi2
Puppet2
Copilot1
Jenkins1
OpenAI Codex1
Reown1
bandit1

What AI and ML technologies does Coinbase use?

LLM is named in 15% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by Gemini (3%), Claude (1%), ChatGPT (1%).

LLM 46 15% required in 98% · 25 open now · since Jan 2026
Gemini 9 3% required in 89% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
Claude 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
ChatGPT 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026

Which engineering practices does Coinbase ask for?

Human-in-the-Loop is named in 16% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by AI Agents (14%), CI/CD (8%), Machine Learning (7%).

Human-in-the-Loop 47 16% required in 98% · 24 open now · since Feb 2026
AI Agents 42 14% required in 100% · 25 open now · since Jan 2026
CI/CD 25 8% required in 100% · 14 open now · since Feb 2026
Machine Learning 21 7% required in 100% · 15 open now · since Apr 2026
ETL/ELT 18 6% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Dec 2025
Prompt Engineering 16 5% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Mar 2026
Staking 15 5% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
LLM Guardrails 13 4% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jun 2026
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A/B Testing11
RAG11
Smart Contracts10
IAM9
NLP9
DeFi9
Multi-Agent Systems8
Agentic Workflows8
Function Calling7
SLI/SLO/SLA7
Hallucination6
State Management6
Computer Vision5
DNS4
Fine-tuning4
Platform Engineering4
Tokenization4
Incident Management3
Anomaly Detection2
Dimensional Modeling2
Feature Store2
FinOps2
PKI2
Progressive Delivery2
Red Teaming2
Self-Healing2
Service Mesh2
Structured Outputs2
TCP/IP2
Wi-Fi2
BGP1
Bridge1

And 15 more, each named in fewer postings.

What other technologies does Coinbase use?

Ethereum is named in 6% of job postings at Coinbase, followed by Solana (4%), Bitcoin (3%), Aave (<1%).

Ethereum 18 6% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Mar 2026
Solana 11 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Mar 2026
Bitcoin 9 3% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
Aave 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Compound 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026
Morpho 1 <1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What does each Coinbase team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

113 postings
Go81
Java40
AWS34
Python30
Kubernetes27
Terraform19

Finance

29 postings
SQL22
Looker7
Snowflake7
Tableau3

AI/ML

15 postings
Python14
LLM10
LangGraph7
Google ADK6
AWS5
AWS Bedrock4

Analytics

12 postings
SQL8
Python6
Snowflake6
dbt4
Databricks3
PHP2

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How much does Coinbase pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Coinbase postings with stated pay: $100k across 25 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
SQL11$80k−20%
Python6$100k0%
Looker6$80k−20%

How is the Coinbase stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
CloudflareOct 2026
LocalAIOct 2026
ZscalerOct 2026
PKIOct 2026
ClickHouseSep 2026
StarRocksSep 2026
Microsoft ExcelSep 2026
Power BISep 2026
Rising
Staking3% → 6%
TypeScript3% → 6%
Kotlin2% → 5%
DeFi1% → 4%
PHP0% → 3%
Swift2% → 4%
Falling
AWS28% → 8%
Kubernetes19% → 5%
LLM23% → 10%
Terraform12% → 3%
Docker10% → 2%
GCP10% → 3%
RAG8% → 1%
Multi-Agent Systems7% → 1%

How modern is the Coinbase stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 82/100

Coinbase scores 82 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Coinbase stack in its industry?

Share of the 268 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Go31%
Python54%
SQL43%
AWS49%
LLM24%
Java32%
Kubernetes41%
JavaScript46%
Apache Kafka28%
React.js34%

What sets Coinbase apart

Buildkite2%
DynamoDB3%
AWS Bedrock3%
LangSmith1%
Vertex AI3%
Kibana2%

Coinbase products in its job postings

Postings at Coinbase name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Coinbase Wallet1

Questions about the Coinbase tech stack

What programming languages does Coinbase use?

The languages named in Coinbase job postings are Go (33%), Python (23%), SQL (23%), Java (15%), JavaScript (8%), as a share of the 300 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Coinbase use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 23 of 300 job postings (8%) and required in 11 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Coinbase use?

The cloud and platforms named in Coinbase job postings are AWS (46), Kubernetes (31), Apache Kafka (23) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Coinbase?

Backend postings at Coinbase most often require Go (81), Java (40), AWS (34), Python (30), out of 113 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Coinbase tech stack changing?

Yes. Cloudflare, LocalAI, Zscaler, PKI first appeared in Coinbase job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Coinbase tech stack?

Coinbase scores 82 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 4; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Coinbase tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Coinbase publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 300 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 13, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Coinbase tech stack: 182 technologies from 300 job postings", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/coinbase/technologies

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