Backend Engineer, Money Movement & Stablecoins

Coinbase, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an experienced software engineer to own critical backend features enabling stablecoin-based money movement. You will design, build, and deploy backend systems and APIs powering payments, deposits, and withdrawals across the Coinbase ecosystem.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to balance speed, security, and regulatory needs while guiding scalable solutions and improving distributed-system performance.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience in fintech, payments, or crypto.
• Proficiency in Go or Java and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) with distributed APIs.
• Track record as DRI for end-to-end technical delivery.
• Experience with blockchain or crypto technologies such as stablecoins or on-chain payments.
• Ability to write design documents and explain architecture trade-offs.
• Experience using AI responsibly with human oversight.

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 that enable businesses and partners to embed stablecoin-powered payments into their products.
• Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions that balance speed, security, and regulatory needs.
• Execute performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across distributed systems, identifying bottlenecks and driving fixes before they impact customers.
• Support the team's engineering quality through code reviews, architectural best practices, and contributing to patterns that raise the technical bar.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Go / Java

Cloud platforms

DRI / ownership

Blockchain / crypto

Job description

Coinbase is seeking an experienced software engineer to own critical backend features enabling stablecoin-based money movement. You will design, build, and deploy backend systems and APIs powering payments, deposits, and withdrawals across the Coinbase ecosystem.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to balance speed, security, and regulatory needs while guiding scalable solutions and improving distributed-system performance.