Staff Software Engineer, Backend – FinHub

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $218k - $256.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Coinbase

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💰 $21.4M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-11

Consulting • Crypto • Finance

Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows individuals and institutions to buy, sell, and trade various crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company offers advanced trading tools, institutional solutions, and a self-hosted wallet for storing and managing cryptocurrencies. With a strong focus on security and transparency, Coinbase provides a trusted platform used by millions globally. It supports various features including staking, earning rewards, and spending crypto through their cards. Additionally, Coinbase provides developer tools and APIs for building onchain applications, making it a comprehensive hub for engaging in the crypto economy.

📋 Description

• Own the technical architecture of Transfers’ fund movement systems across crypto and fiat rails • Lead complex, cross-team engineering initiatives with Payments, Trading, and product engineering teams • Deliver new fund movement capabilities and platform improvements • Evolve backend infrastructure using modern cloud-native patterns • Identify scaling bottlenecks and architect solutions proactively • Establish engineering standards, code review practices, and architectural patterns • Reduce operational risk in high-correctness financial systems • Mentor engineers on system design, distributed systems best practices, and production services • Drive reliability and scalability improvements for systems enabling fund movement across Coinbase products

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production • Demonstrated experience owning architectural direction and making long-term technical decisions • Deep expertise in backend programming, such as Go, Ruby, Python, or Java • Expertise in cloud-native architecture • Ability to design highly available, high-throughput systems where correctness is critical • Track record delivering and scaling financial systems, fund movement platforms, or similarly high-reliability systems • Experience with transaction integrity, idempotency, and auditability • Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers • Ability to translate complex distributed systems problems into architectural decisions and actionable roadmaps • Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight • US work location/authorization context indicated by “Remote - USA” and US applicant notices

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity eligibility • Bonus eligibility • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) • Quarterly in-person working sessions (“surges”) • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities • Equal opportunity employment