Join Coinbase as a Senior Software Engineer to build backend systems for stablecoin-based money movement in a remote-first environment.
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Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will focus on designing and maintaining backend systems that facilitate stablecoin-based money movement, including various payment processes. Proficiency in backend programming languages like Go or Java, along with experience in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems, is essential. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a background in fintech or crypto, particularly those who have led complex projects from inception to deployment. Coinbase's Money Movement team emphasizes collaboration across functions and aims to push the boundaries of financial technology.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 104 other open roles including Prime Sales Trader, Operations Senior Associate, Senior Software Engineer - Blockchain Network.
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- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, CDP - Money Movement role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in Remote - Canada.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists CAD 191,100–CAD 191,100 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, CDP - Money Movement role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in Remote - Canada.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Ethereum, Java, Go, Solana, GCP.
- 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, CDP - Money Movement 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.
Join the Money Movement team within the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) and help build the infrastructure powering the future of global payments. CDP brings together payments, trading, wallets, and stablecoins through a single onboarding flow and self-service APIs. You'll design and build the core backend systems for stablecoin-based pay-ins, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals, enabling fast, secure, and scalable transfers across borders and platforms that underpin how value moves across the Coinbase ecosystem and beyond.
What you'll do:
- Design, build, and maintain backend systems and infrastructure that power stablecoin-based money movement, including pay-ins, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals.
- Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI), driving them from design through production with high accountability.
- Build internal and external APIs that enable businesses and partners to embed stablecoin-powered payments into their products.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to deliver robust, scalable solutions.
- Identify and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability challenges across distributed systems.
- Mentor engineers on architectural best practices and contribute to raising the technical bar across the team.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating large-scale backend systems, ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto.
- Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., Go, Java, or similar) and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP), with hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs.
- Track record of serving as DRI for complex technical projects, driving end-to-end delivery from system design through production deployment.
- Experience integrating with or building on blockchain or crypto technologies such as stablecoins, on-chain payments, or smart contract platforms (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, Base).
- Proven ability to write technical design documents and communicate system architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human‑in‑the‑loop practices to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.
Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
- 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.