Backend Engineer: Build Scalable APIs & Microservices

Coinbase, Inc.; Helena (MT); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. We are seeking a Software Engineer for the CDP Foundations team in the Developer group to build core platform capabilities that enable partners to launch and scale crypto products.

You will design and ship backend services and APIs, lead end-to-end delivery, and strengthen reliability and observability across the microservices stack. Expect quarterly in-person surges and opportunities to collaborate across teams in a demanding, high-impact

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production backend services in a microservices or distributed systems environment.
• Experience designing and shipping internal or customer-facing APIs with a focus on high-quality developer experience and clean interface design.
• Familiarity deploying and testing in microservice ecosystems, including structured observability and monitoring tooling.
• Proven ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly in writing and in live discussions with cross-functional partners.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots in daily workflows, applying human‑in‑the‑loop practices to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices and distributed architecture
• Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP, prioritizing clean design and a high-quality developer experience
• Lead end-to-end delivery of features from implementation through deployment and monitoring
• Strengthen operational excellence across the team by proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability
• Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards

Skills

Backend services

Microservices

API design

Observability

Cross-functional communication

AI usage

Job description

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. We are seeking a Software Engineer for the CDP Foundations team in the Developer group to build core platform capabilities that enable partners to launch and scale crypto products.

You will design and ship backend services and APIs, lead end-to-end delivery, and strengthen reliability and observability across the microservices stack. Expect quarterly in-person surges and opportunities to collaborate across teams in a demanding, high-impact