Coinbase
Coinbase

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Payments Platform

engineeringfull-timeRemote - USA
SALARY
$186k – $219k/yr
WORK TYPE
remote
JOB TYPE
full-time
INDUSTRY
crypto
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About the role

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.
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Payments Platform at Coinbase — Remote