2 days ago
Base Salary
$152k - $179k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own stablecoin-based money movement 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 deliver scalable solutions balancing speed, security, and regulatory needs.
- Improve performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems by identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
- Contribute to code reviews, architectural best practices, and engineering patterns that improve technical quality.
- Write technical design documents and communicate architectural trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.
- Use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Requirements
- At least 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 and cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP.
- Hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs.
- Experience integrating with or building on blockchain or crypto technologies, including stablecoins, on-chain payments, or smart contract platforms such as Ethereum, Solana, or Base.
- A track record of serving as the Directly Responsible Individual for technical projects and delivering them end to end.
- Ability to write technical design documents and communicate architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.
- Ability to use generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.”
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k) benefits.
- Potential equity and bonus eligibility in addition to base salary.
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About Coinbase
Coinbase builds a cryptocurrency platform for consumers, institutions, and developers to buy, sell, store, and use digital assets. Its products include the Coinbase app/exchange, Coinbase Prime for institutions, custody services, and developer APIs, and it earns primarily from transaction fees and subscriptions. Founded in 2012 and now remote-first, Coinbase is a public company (NASDAQ: COIN) serving major crypto markets in the U.S. and abroad.