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Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant backend payment services in Go. Own end-to-end delivery from design to production, improve reliability, observability, and performance, and collaborate with product and cross-functional teams to expand payment capabilities and integrations.
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We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payments team within the Platform organization. The Payments team builds the infrastructure that moves fiat currency into crypto, powering payment rails, partner integrations, and funds-flow systems for millions of consumers and institutional customers globally. You'll design and build scalable backend systems that process high-volume payment traffic, working closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional partners to expand Coinbase's payment capabilities into new markets and corridors.
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.
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)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$186,065—$218,900 USD
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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- Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
- Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.
- AI Disclosure: 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. 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. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.
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