Remote Backend Engineer — Scalable APIs & Microservices

Theblockchainassociation; United States; Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Software Engineer to join the CDP Foundations team and build core backend capabilities that enable crypto product launches. You will design and ship APIs and services in a microservices environment, prioritizing reliability and a strong developer experience.

You’ll own end-to-end delivery—from implementation to deployment and monitoring—while contributing to code reviews, incident response, and improvements in observability.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production backend services in a microservices or distributed systems environment.
• Experience designing and shipping internal or customer-facing APIs with a focus on high-quality developer experience and clean interface design.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices and distributed architecture.
• Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as building blocks for CDP, prioritizing clean design and a high-quality developer experience.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of features from implementation through deployment and monitoring.
• Strengthen operational excellence across the team by proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability.
• Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards.

Skills

Backend development

API design

Microservices

Observability

Communication

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Software Engineer to join the CDP Foundations team and build core backend capabilities that enable crypto product launches. You will design and ship APIs and services in a microservices environment, prioritizing reliability and a strong developer experience.

You’ll own end-to-end delivery—from implementation to deployment and monitoring—while contributing to code reviews, incident response, and improvements in observability.