Join Coinbase as a Senior Software Engineer to build backend systems for the Coinbase One membership lifecycle in a remote-first environment.
Posted by employer 1 week ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 40 minutes ago
What you'll build
- Own the design, development, and operation of backend services
- Build scalable platform capabilities for targeted benefit delivery
- Partner with frontend, product, design, and payments teams
- Drive backend architecture decisions for the Coinbase One product area
- Improve service reliability, observability, and performance
Must have
- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
- Experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems
- Proficiency in Go or a similar backend systems language
- Ability to design and maintain APIs and distributed systems
- Track record of taking ambiguous projects from scoping through production
Practical constraints
- Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will manage the backend systems that support the Coinbase One membership lifecycle, focusing on sign-up, payment processing, and benefit delivery. Key skills include proficiency in Go or similar languages, experience with subscription and payment systems, and the ability to design APIs and distributed systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in backend development and a track record of leading projects with minimal oversight. Coinbase's environment emphasizes high standards and collaboration across teams.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 7 days ago — first seen on Joblaze October 30, 2026. Last confirmed on Coinbase's careers page November 7, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 59% of 125 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Go we track (median $180,000 across 43 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 30.6% of 530 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Rust appears in 10% of 530 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, (Coinbase One) role remote?
- Yes — Coinbase lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $186,065–$218,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, (Coinbase One) role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Go, Java, Rust.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, (Coinbase One) role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
Senior Software Engineer, (Coinbase One)
We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Coinbase One product team within the Consumer Product Group. Coinbase One is Coinbase’s membership product, offering a suite of benefits for a recurring subscription fee to help customers get more from Coinbase. You’ll own customer-facing experiences and the frontend capabilities behind them, making it easier for customers to sign up, discover relevant benefits, and use their membership.
What you’ll do
- Own frontend development for Coinbase One experiences in the Coinbase retail application, including sign-up flows, subscription payment experiences, targeted benefits, and special promotions and incentives.
- Build reusable frontend components and platform capabilities that enable the team to launch and maintain membership features.
- Lead projects from technical design through implementation, testing, and launch, breaking complex work into milestones and communicating risks and tradeoffs.
- Partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate customer needs into reliable, intuitive user experiences.
- Improve frontend performance, reliability, and maintainability through automated testing, production debugging, and ongoing improvements informed by customer and product feedback.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and documentation, helping the team deliver high-quality software consistently.
Required skills and experience
- Experience designing, building, and shipping production frontend applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
- Experience integrating GraphQL APIs and writing automated unit tests for customer-facing features.
- A track record of independently delivering complex software projects, making technical tradeoffs, and maintaining software after launch.
- Experience building reusable components and improving application performance, reliability, and code quality.
- Ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design, clearly communicate technical decisions, and mentor other engineers.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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