Coinbase
Staff Software Engineer, Backend - FinHub (Transfers)
$218K–$256K
Remote - USA +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Remote - USA
US - Remote Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only) - Experience
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
About the job
Own the architecture and evolution of Coinbase’s backend platform for crypto and fiat transfers, improving reliability, scalability, and the movement of customer funds.
What you'll do
- Set architectural direction for distributed fund-movement systems and drive improvements to correctness, scalability, and reliability.
- Lead cross-team engineering initiatives and establish engineering standards and architectural practices.
- Mentor engineers on system design and distributed systems.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production, including architectural ownership.
- Deep backend programming and cloud-native architecture expertise; ability to design highly available, high-throughput systems where correctness is critical.
- Experience delivering and scaling financial systems or similarly high-reliability domains, with transaction integrity, idempotency, and auditability.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers; responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.
Pay
$218,025 — $256,500 USD annual base salary (excluding equity and bonus)
Tools
Go, Ruby, Python, Java
AI focus
Use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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