Join Coinbase as a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable backend systems for payment processing in a dynamic environment.
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
70% hands-on coding
AI in the day-to-day
Coinbase is piloting an AI tool for initial screening interviews and interview intelligence.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will focus on designing and building robust backend systems for payment processing, ensuring high reliability for financial transactions. Proficiency in Go and experience with service-oriented architectures are essential, along with a strong background in high-volume transactional systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and have a proven track record of delivering features from concept to deployment. Coinbase's Payments team is integral to expanding the company's capabilities in the evolving financial landscape.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 114 other open roles including Derivative Sales Analyst (Prosumer Sales), Associate Manager, Billing Operations & Strategy, Machine Learning Engineer.
- 805 active Go roles on Joblaze right now.
- 57 active Microservices roles on Joblaze right now.
- 18 active service-oriented architecture roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Payments Platform role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in USA.
- 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, Backend - Payments Platform role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Microservices, Go, service-oriented architecture.
- 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, Backend - Payments Platform 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.
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payments team within the Platform organization. The Payments team builds the infrastructure that moves fiat currency into crypto, powering payment rails, partner integrations, and funds-flow systems for millions of consumers and institutional customers globally. You'll design and build scalable backend systems that process high-volume payment traffic, working closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional partners to expand Coinbase's payment capabilities into new markets and corridors.
What you'll do:
- Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant backend services for payment processing using Go, ensuring high reliability and correctness for financial transactions at scale.
- Own end-to-end delivery of payment features, from technical design through production deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
- Partner with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product vision and business requirements into technical plans each quarter.
- Drive improvements to system reliability, observability, and performance across payment services, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
- Contribute to engineering quality through thoughtful code reviews, design discussions, and advocacy for best practices in service-oriented architecture.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with hands-on experience building and maintaining production services in a service-oriented or microservices architecture.
- Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages, with experience designing scalable, low-latency APIs and distributed systems.
- Track record of owning features end-to-end, from design through deployment and production support, in a fast-moving environment.
- Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems that require precision and auditability.
- 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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- AI Disclosure: 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. 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. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.