Remote Backend Engineer, Stablecoin Payments Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. seeks a backend-focused software engineer to build stablecoin-based payments infrastructure within the Money Movement team. You will design and deploy backend systems and APIs enabling fast, secure transfers that move value across Coinbase's ecosystem.

You will own projects end-to-end as DRI, collaborate across product, infra and compliance, and contribute to scalable, reliable systems while applying responsible AI insights to improve workflows and quality.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems.
• Proficiency in backend languages (Go, Java) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
• DRI for technical projects with 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 (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, Base).
• 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 backend 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 engineering

Go / Java

Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)

Technical design documentation

DRI / end-to-end delivery

Blockchain / crypto experience

AI usage in workflow

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. seeks a backend-focused software engineer to build stablecoin-based payments infrastructure within the Money Movement team. You will design and deploy backend systems and APIs enabling fast, secure transfers that move value across Coinbase's ecosystem.

You will own projects end-to-end as DRI, collaborate across product, infra and compliance, and contribute to scalable, reliable systems while applying responsible AI insights to improve workflows and quality.