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Staff Developer Advocate

Coinbase
Coinbase Salary
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/26/2026
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 our Stay Based values: 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 a Zone 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're looking for a world class Staff Developer Advocate to help bring the next billion users onchain. In this role you will provide DevRel support for the Base Chain team and partner closely with the Base Ecosystem team to provide technical support for partners building on or migrating to Base. You will also work closely with Base engineering, product, design, ecosystem, and creative teams.

What you'll be doing (ie. job duties):

  • Provide comprehensive DevRel support for Base chain, including builder evangelism, education, feedback, and support.
  • Create compelling technical content, including blog posts, tutorials, videos, and presentations
  • Provide solution engineering support for enterprises building or migrating to Base and help grow and operationalize enterprise technical support
  • Unlock Base builders by reducing bugs, creating self-serve assets, shipping custom builds, serving as the initial user, etc.
  • Support and foster our developer community, providing hands-on support,collecting feedback, and capturing insights

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

  • 3 years experience as a Developer Advocate, Solutions Engineer, Developer Experience Engineer, or related role, with a proven track record of creating impactful developer documentation and tools
  • 1 years of experience building onchain
  • Ability to take operationalize and optimize new workstreams in an organization
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment without much oversight
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience working with enterprise customers
  • A bias towards shipping and data-informed improvement

Nice to haves:

  • Experience working in a startup environment
  • Experience leveraging AI to rapidly scale capacity
  • Engagement with onchain developer communities
  • You're based

REQ ID: GBDA06US

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility equity eligibility benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Pay Range:

$193,970—$228,200 USD

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here).

Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants

Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.

For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.

The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com.

Salary : $193,970 - $228,200

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