Software Engineer – 1
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Job Description
Software Engineer building backend systems and APIs for Coinbase’s stablecoin-based global payments infrastructure. Owning distributed-systems projects from design through production deployment.
Responsibilities:
- Build infrastructure powering global payments within Coinbase’s Money Movement team
- Design and build backend systems for stablecoin-based pay-ins, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals
- Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual, from system design through production deployment
- Build backend systems, infrastructure, and internal and external APIs for stablecoin-powered payments
- Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into scalable solutions
- Improve performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems
- Identify bottlenecks and implement fixes before customer impact
- Participate in code reviews and apply architectural best practices
- Contribute to engineering patterns that raise the technical bar
Requirements:
- 2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems, ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto
- Proficiency in backend languages such as Go or Java
- Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP
- Hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs
- Track record of serving as DRI for technical projects and driving end-to-end delivery
- Experience integrating with or building on blockchain or crypto technologies such as stablecoins, on-chain payments, or smart contract platforms including Ethereum, Solana, or Base
- Ability to write technical design documents and communicate architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
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




















