Own the technical strategy for the FinHub Tooling platform at Coinbase, driving an AI-first approach in a hybrid work environment.
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Software Engineer on the Platform FinHub Tooling team at Coinbase, the individual will be responsible for shaping the technical strategy and architecture of a critical internal platform that enhances operational visibility for various teams. Key skills include extensive experience in building reliable systems, driving AI integration into workflows, and fostering cross-functional collaboration. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in platform architecture and a commitment to elevating team performance through mentorship and process improvements. Coinbase's dynamic environment emphasizes high standards and continuous growth.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 71 other open roles including Product Marketing Manager, Prediction Markets, Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Senior Manager, Internal Audit IT.
- 1667 active AI/ML roles on Joblaze right now.
- 32 active Backend roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (FinHub Tooling) 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 - Platform (FinHub Tooling) 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: AI/ML, Backend.
- 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 - Platform (FinHub Tooling) 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 Software Engineer on the Platform FinHub Tooling team, you'll own the technical strategy and architecture for the internal platform that gives Engineering, Customer Experience, Risk, and Compliance teams operational visibility into billions of dollars in daily fund movements across crypto, fiat, and internal wallets. FinHub sits at the core of Coinbase, and the Tooling team is what makes those fund movements searchable, investigable, and remediable at scale. You'll set the technical direction for the platform, drive an AI-first approach to internal tooling, and elevate the entire team's engineering quality while maintaining high-volume individual output.
What You'll Do:
- Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the FinHub Tooling platform, making key decisions on system design, reliability, and performance across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Drive an AI-first approach to internal tooling, identifying where AI-powered workflows can transform operational efficiency and replacing manual processes with intelligent automation.
- Build high-reliability systems that serve Engineering, CX, Risk, and Legal teams, including search, admin workflows, bulk remediation, and observability across core financial entities.
- Lead cross-functional alignment with Product, Payments, and senior leadership to turn ambiguous, high-impact initiatives into scoped technical roadmaps each quarter.
- Strengthen team engineering quality by defining engineering processes, leading design reviews, and mentoring engineers on architecture patterns and coding standards.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a track record of designing and building fault-tolerant, highly reliable systems at scale.
- Demonstrated ownership of technical strategy and roadmap for a platform, service area, or team, including making architectural trade-offs with significant organizational impact.
- Proven ability to drive execution on complex, ambiguous initiatives that span multiple teams, building alignment across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
- Track record of elevating team technical quality through mentorship, design reviews, and engineering process improvements.
- Experience architecting internal tooling, admin platforms, or operational systems that serve multiple user groups with competing requirements.
- 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)).
Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.
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AI Disclosure
For select roles, 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. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.
For select roles, 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.
The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com