GrepJob
Coinbase

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Coinbase
Apply
about 2 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$254k - $299k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy for Payments.
  • Architect and evolve the core Payments platform for high availability and cost efficiency.
  • Lead end-to-end design and rollout of large, cross-team initiatives.
  • Set and enforce technical standards for financial correctness across Payments.
  • Partner with various teams to design cohesive architectures balancing customer experience and compliance.
  • Provide deep technical mentorship to senior engineers across Payments pods.
  • Use data to identify structural platform gaps and lead improvements.
  • Represent Payments in executive and cross-org forums.

Requirements

  • 10+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
  • Deep money-movement architecture experience.
  • Expertise in backend programming and cloud-native architecture.
  • Proven track record designing highly available, high-performance systems.
  • Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and take proactive measures.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
  • Commitment to technical excellence and fostering a strong engineering culture.
  • Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear solutions.

Tech Stack