Coinbase
We're building an open financial system for the world.
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Consumer Financial Services and Loyalty
Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
United States
Posted
38 days ago
Salary
$253.9K - $298.7K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishDistributed SystemsMongo DBGo
Job Description
• Define and drive the technical vision and strategy for FS&L, ensuring systems achieve high throughput, low latency, and scale.
• Architect and build mission-critical financial systems (e.g., card processing, loan repayments) with a focus on funds flow, reconciliation, and invariants.
• Drive developer productivity by advocating for new tooling (Go, Temporal, K8, MongoDB) and AI adoption.
• Mentor and coach team members to foster growth and technical excellence.
• Partner with Product/Engineering leaders to align on long-term product and engineering strategy.
• Lead the creation of reusable platforms for adoption across Coinbase.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience in large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep expertise in payments or traditional finance.
- Demonstrated experience in architecting and building high-throughput, low-latency financial systems that can handle $500M monthly processing volumes.
- Strong understanding of funds flow, reconciliation, and invariants.
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-organizational initiatives and drive architectural cohesion.
- Strong mentoring skills and a passion for leveling up teammates.
- Experience working on consumer products with a bias towards strong design and UX.
Benefits
- Full time offers include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
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