Backend Engineer - Stablecoin Payments (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a backend engineer to help build the infrastructure powering global payments. You will own key projects end-to-end, design distributed systems, and ship production-ready APIs that enable stablecoin-based money movement.

You will collaborate with product, design, infra, and compliance, optimize performance, and contribute to architectural patterns while maintaining security and regulatory considerations. Prior fintech/crypto experience valued.

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), with hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs.
• Track record of serving as DRI for technical projects, driving end-to-end delivery from system design through production deployment.
• Experience integrating with or building on blockchain or crypto technologies such as stablecoins, on‑chain payments, or smart contracts (Ethereum, Solana, Base).
• Demonstrated ability to write technical design documents and communicate architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual, driving stablecoin-based money movement features from design through production deployment.
• Build backend systems, infrastructure, and internal/external APIs enabling embedding stablecoin-powered payments.
• Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions balancing 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 software engineering

Distributed systems design

Go

Java

AWS / GCP

DRI (Directly Responsible Individual)

Blockchain / crypto

Technical documentation

AI in workflows

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a backend engineer to help build the infrastructure powering global payments. You will own key projects end-to-end, design distributed systems, and ship production-ready APIs that enable stablecoin-based money movement.

You will collaborate with product, design, infra, and compliance, optimize performance, and contribute to architectural patterns while maintaining security and regulatory considerations. Prior fintech/crypto experience valued.