Build Go/gRPC backend services powering Coinbase's CX and compliance tooling

Coinbase is hiring a backend software engineer for the CX Shared Agent Platforms and SFDC Solutions team, building Go/gRPC services that extend CX tooling (Salesforce, Maestro QA, Assembled) supporting agent workflows and KYC/compliance operations, remote from Brazil. This interview digs into Go backend engineering, third-party SaaS/vendor API integration, production reliability patterns (rate limiting, caching, circuit breakers), and responsible use of generative AI copilots in daily engineering work.

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What this interview tests

Go/gRPC backend service design
Third-party SaaS/vendor API integration
Production reliability patterns (rate limiting, caching, circuit breakers)
Event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar)
AWS/Kubernetes/Terraform/CI-CD operations
Responsible generative AI tool use

Common question themes

Design or walk through a Go/gRPC service integrating a third-party vendor API

How would you evaluate a new SaaS platform before integrating it into CX tooling

Deep dive on a reliability pattern you implemented (circuit breaker, rate limiter, caching)

Design an event-driven workflow for compliance/KYC status changes

Walk through a production incident or deployment you owned on AWS/Kubernetes

How do you use generative AI copilots responsibly in daily engineering work

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