Remote Backend Engineer - Stablecoin Money Movement

Coinbase, Inc.; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase seeks a backend engineer to design, build, and operate money-movement infrastructure for stablecoins and payments. You will own features end-to-end as DRI, collaborating with product, infra, and security teams.

Join a remote-first environment with quarterly in-person surges and a high bar for reliability and security across distributed systems in fintech and crypto. This role emphasizes performance, API design, and robust architecture decisions to move value quickly and safely.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building backend systems.
• Fintech, payments, or crypto experience preferred.
• Go or Java with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) experience.
• DRI for technical projects delivering end-to-end from design to production.
• Experience with blockchain or crypto tech such as stablecoins or on-chain payments.
• Ability to write design docs and communicate architecture trade-offs.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual.
• Build backend systems and APIs enabling payments and money movement.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Infra, and Compliance on robust solutions.
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems.
• Support engineering quality through reviews and best practices.

Skills

Go

Java

AWS

GCP

Distributed systems

APIs

DRI

Job description

Coinbase seeks a backend engineer to design, build, and operate money-movement infrastructure for stablecoins and payments. You will own features end-to-end as DRI, collaborating with product, infra, and security teams.

Join a remote-first environment with quarterly in-person surges and a high bar for reliability and security across distributed systems in fintech and crypto. This role emphasizes performance, API design, and robust architecture decisions to move value quickly and safely.