Bitcoin is helping shape the future of payments - and as the first YC-backed bitcoin company, we're right in the thick of it. We're off to a great start - 15% growth per week in transaction volume, closed a deal with a major U.S. bank, and raised a $600k seed round. We're now looking for a great engineer to join the team (founder is also an engineer - worked on fraud prevention at Airbnb and previously build another company to profitability).
You:
* Full-stack generalist, comfortable shipping features from conception to launch
* Experience building large scale Rails apps, designing APIs, building mobile apps, and javascript front ends (jQuery, Coffeescript)
* Uncanny ability to create user interfaces that non-technical people can use, and communicate complex ideas rapidly
* Strong CS background, comfortable optimizing databases, good understanding of web app security
* Passionate about bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and bringing fast/cheap/international payments to the world
* Bonus: background in finance, economics, or trading platforms
* Bonus: background in app security, white hat, or fraud prevention
* Bonus: a deep understanding of the bitcoin protocol or contributions to bitcoin projects
What it's like to work at Coinbase:
* We're based in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood, near the Caltrain station at 4th and King.
* You can work any hours you want, at the home or office (although the office is fun) - we prioritize shipping code
* You must be based in/near San Francisco or be willing to relocate
* We practice "maker hours" which means there is only one required meeting a week (Monday at 1pm), and we block out long periods during the day where everyone codes
* Headphones in = no interruptions
* We work hard and play hard - company happy hours are a weekly event
* Once a year we travel somewhere fun/exotic and work there for a few weeks to a month (we also travel for conferences)
* Compensation is $100k plus 2% equity
* We push to production a dozen times a day, and love good test coverage
* This is a chance for you to help build a company and product from the ground up
To apply send an email to firstengineer@coinbase.com and include the following things:
* Links to 3 awesome things you've built
* Links to your GitHub/StackOverflow/Blog/Twitter/etc
* A resume
* An answer to this question in 500 chars or less: If hired tomorrow what's the first thing you would build at Coinbase? Why choose that first?
