Staff Software Engineer (Platform - Financial Engineering)

About the Company

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. We are building the emerging onchain platform and 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.

About the Team

Financial Engineering builds Coinbase's financial data and reporting foundations to enable accurate, timely, and auditable financial operations. The team partners closely with Finance, Accounting/Controllership, Treasury, and Product Engineering to ensure financial data is complete, reconciled, and traceable—supporting core workflows like month-end close, safeguarding, and reporting at scale.

What You'll Be Doing

• Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
• Drive strategic technical direction for complex, cross-team initiatives
• Establish and evolve platform best practices, frameworks, and architectural standards within the team
• Provide deep technical mentorship, guide design decisions, and raise the bar for engineering quality
• Collaborate with product, finance, and engineering leadership to shape the team's technical roadmap
• Drive system improvements by embedding AI into engineering and operational practices

What We Look For in You

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
• Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java) and cloud-native architecture
• Proven track record designing highly available, high-performance systems
• Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and take proactive measures
• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers