Join Coinbase as a Staff Engineer to architect and build foundational backend systems for financial accuracy and reliability.
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Software Engineer on the FinHub - Ledger team at Coinbase, the individual will focus on architecting and enhancing backend systems that ensure the reliability and performance of transaction processing. Key skills include extensive experience with distributed systems and proficiency in languages like Go, Python, or Java, along with a solid understanding of cloud-native architecture. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in high-availability systems and a knack for leading cross-functional initiatives. Coinbase's dynamic environment emphasizes collaboration and innovation, particularly through its unique in-person working sessions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 4 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 163 other open roles including Strategic Program Lead, Supervisor, Customer Success Team, Staff Applied Data Scientist, Pricing.
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- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
- Pays more than 83% of the 1513 salaried Python roles we track (median $160,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Backend - FinHub (Ledger) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in Remote - USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $218,025–$256,500 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Backend - FinHub (Ledger) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in Remote - USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Java, Go, Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Backend - FinHub (Ledger) 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.
As a Staff Engineer on the FinHub - Ledger team within the Platform group, you'll own the architectural direction of Coinbase's core ledgering systems that process billions of transactions. This team builds the foundational infrastructure that powers financial accuracy and reliability across the company. You'll make critical technical decisions, drive platform improvements, and lead high-impact cross-functional projects that define how we build scalable, highly available systems at Coinbase's growing scale.
What you’ll do:
- Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability across ledgering and transaction processing infrastructure
- Drive strategic technical direction for complex, cross-team initiatives spanning engineering, product, and finance
- Establish and evolve platform best practices, frameworks, and architectural standards that raise the quality bar for the broader engineering organization
- Provide deep technical mentorship, guide design decisions, and develop senior engineers across the team
- Shape the team's technical roadmap by collaborating with engineering leadership to identify high-leverage investments and anticipate scaling bottlenecks
- Embed AI into engineering and operational practices to drive system improvements and workflow efficiency
Required skills and experience:
- 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production, with deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java) and cloud-native architecture
- Proven track record designing highly available, high-performance systems, including experience with ledgering, trading systems, or high-precision transaction processing
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable solutions for technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on experience with technologies such as Go, Kubernetes, and Postgres, with the ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and drive proactive architectural improvements
- 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)).
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