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At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for \"good enough,\" you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.\nAs a Senior Software Engineer, Backend on the Growth Foundations team within theConsumer & Business group, you'll build and scale the core infrastructure that powers growth across Coinbase. This team owns the foundational systems behind powering efforts as: notifications at scale, incentives and referral platforms, user targeting and segmentation, lifecycle communications, and ML ranking that power more than 50% of Coinbase web and app surfaces. 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