Backend Engineer, Money Movement (Remote-First)

Coinbase; Salem (OR); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase in Salem, Oregon, seeks a backend engineer to own end-to-end money-movement projects, building scalable APIs for stablecoin-based payments, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals. You will partner across teams to translate requirements into robust solutions that move value securely and efficiently.

As part of a remote-first company that values in-person surges, you will contribute to distributed systems, drive performance improvements, and uphold engineering standards through design reviews

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems, ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto.
• Proficiency in backend languages (Go, Java) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
• Experience as DRI for technical projects, delivering end-to-end from design to production.

Responsibilities

• Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual.
• Build backend systems, infrastructure, and APIs for stablecoin-based payments.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to balance speed, security, and regulatory needs.
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems.
• Support engineering quality through code reviews and architectural best practices.

Skills

Go

Java

Backend systems

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Coinbase in Salem, Oregon, seeks a backend engineer to own end-to-end money-movement projects, building scalable APIs for stablecoin-based payments, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals. You will partner across teams to translate requirements into robust solutions that move value securely and efficiently.

As part of a remote-first company that values in-person surges, you will contribute to distributed systems, drive performance improvements, and uphold engineering standards through design reviews