Backend Engineer: Money Movement & Stablecoins

Coinbase; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

401(k) benefits

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own key projects end-to-end, building backend systems and APIs for stablecoin-based payments. You will collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into scalable, secure solutions that meet regulatory needs.

Join a remote-first company with quarterly in-person surges and a focus on fast, secure value movement.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems.
• Proficiency in backend languages (Go, Java) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
• Experience designing distributed systems and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual, driving stablecoin-based money movement features from system design through production deployment with high accountability.
• Build backend systems, infrastructure, and internal/external APIs for embedding stablecoin-powered payments.
• Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into scalable solutions balancing speed, security, and regulatory needs.
• Execute performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across distributed systems and identify bottlenecks.
• Support engineering quality through code reviews and architectural best practices.

Skills

Backend development

Go

Java

AWS

GCP

Distributed systems

APIs

Technical design docs

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Coinbase is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own key projects end-to-end, building backend systems and APIs for stablecoin-based payments. You will collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into scalable, secure solutions that meet regulatory needs.

Join a remote-first company with quarterly in-person surges and a focus on fast, secure value movement.