Coinbase

Software Engineer, CDP - Payment Acceptance

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2 months ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
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Base Salary

$152k - $179k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Deliver end-to-end features across Go backend services and React/Next.js merchant-facing checkout components.
  • Build buyer checkout capabilities including payment links, embeddable web components, and WalletConnect-based wallet connection flows.
  • Implement payment workflows for onchain settlement, refunds, and reconciliation using Temporal and PostgreSQL.
  • Design and maintain gRPC/HTTP APIs, protobuf definitions, database migrations, and TypeScript client integrations.
  • Instrument services with structured logs, metrics, and Datadog traces, and participate in on-call rotations.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, CDP, Base, and Coinbase Business teams to integrate Payment Acceptance into the developer platform.
  • Write design documents, pull request descriptions, and runbooks that support cross-team collaboration and operational maturity.
  • Use generative AI tools and copilots responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of professional full-stack software engineering experience shipping production systems.
  • Professional experience with Go, including concurrency, gRPC, and testing.
  • Professional experience with TypeScript and React, including hooks, suspense, server components, and Next.js.
  • Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, including schema design, migrations, query performance, and transactional correctness.
  • Experience designing APIs with protobuf/gRPC, REST, or OpenAPI.
  • Experience instrumenting production systems with structured observability tools such as Datadog or OpenTelemetry.
  • Experience with durable workflow systems such as Temporal, Cadence, or Step Functions, or with EVM blockchains, stablecoins, and onchain payment patterns.
  • Ability to use generative AI tools and copilots such as LibreChat, Gemini, or Glean responsibly with human-in-the-loop practices.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work arrangement with quarterly in-person working sessions called surges.
  • Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity, and bonus eligibility are mentioned as part of total compensation and benefits.

Tech Stack

DatadogGogRPCNext.jsPostgreSQLReactTypeScript

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Coinbase

About Coinbase

5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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