Remote-First Backend Engineer, CDP Foundations

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Software Engineer for the CDP Foundations team to build core platform capabilities for developers and partners. You will design and ship backend services and APIs in a microservices architecture, enabling Coinbase crypto products to scale securely.

You will own end-to-end delivery, contribute to code reviews, and improve reliability and observability while collaborating with cross-functional partners. A strong focus on developer experience and responsible AI use is required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience building 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.
• Familiarity deploying and testing in microservice ecosystems, including structured observability and monitoring tooling.
• Proven ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly in writing and in live discussions with cross-functional partners.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

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 the 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 architecture

Observability tooling

Code reviews

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Software Engineer for the CDP Foundations team to build core platform capabilities for developers and partners. You will design and ship backend services and APIs in a microservices architecture, enabling Coinbase crypto products to scale securely.

You will own end-to-end delivery, contribute to code reviews, and improve reliability and observability while collaborating with cross-functional partners. A strong focus on developer experience and responsible AI use is required.