Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Payment Rails)

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payment Rails team within Coinbase's Platform organization. Payment Rails is the foundational infrastructure that powers how money moves at Coinbase—processing fiat deposits, withdrawals, and transfers across payment methods, gateways, and banking integrations at scale. You'll design and build the low-latency, high-throughput backend services that ensure every transaction is fast, secure, and reliable, directly enabling millions of customers to move value seamlessly across the Coinbase ecosystem and beyond.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and build scalable payment systems that process millions of transactions daily—developing APIs, services, and integrations that power deposits, withdrawals, and fund transfers across multiple payment methods and rails.
• Own backend services end-to-end from architecture through production—writing high-quality, well-tested code and operating services that must be correct, auditable, and reliable in a real-time financial environment.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Compliance, and Finance to translate complex payment requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions that balance speed, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Drive technical vision and execution by working with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership to shape the long-term roadmap for Payment Rails—identifying opportunities to improve reliability, reduce latency, and scale our systems.

About Coinbase

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We're building the emerging onchain platform and with it, the future global financial system. Our culture is intense and we seek candidates who are passionate about our mission, believe in the power of crypto and blockchain technology, and are eager to solve the company's hardest problems.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, in-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.