Backend Engineer - Stablecoin Payments (Remote)

Coinbase Bridge; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Money Movement team within the Developer product group. You will design and build backend systems powering stablecoin-based payments, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals, enabling fast, secure, and scalable transfers across the Coinbase ecosystem.

You will own projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual, collaborating with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to balance speed, security, and regulatory

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 a 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 contract platforms (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 to production deployment.
• Build backend systems, infrastructure, and APIs that enable embedding stablecoin-powered payments.
• Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions.
• Execute performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across distributed systems and address bottlenecks.
• Contribute to engineering quality through code reviews and architectural best practices.

Skills

Go

Java

Distributed systems

Technical communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Blockchain

Smart contracts

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Money Movement team within the Developer product group. You will design and build backend systems powering stablecoin-based payments, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals, enabling fast, secure, and scalable transfers across the Coinbase ecosystem.

You will own projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual, collaborating with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to balance speed, security, and regulatory