Remote-First Backend Engineer - Fintech Payments & Crypto

Coinbase, Inc.; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 152,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking engineers to join the Money Movement team within the Developer product group. You will design and build backend systems powering stablecoin-based payments, deposits, withdrawals, and APIs that move value securely and at scale.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership as a Directly Responsible Individual, collaboration with product and compliance, and delivering robust, high-performance services in a remote-first, globally distributed environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems, ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto.
• Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., Go, Java) and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP), with hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs.
• Track record of serving as 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 (e.g., 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 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 AWS/GCP

Distributed systems

DRI

Blockchain/crypto

Tech design docs

AI usage

Tools

Go

Java

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking engineers to join the Money Movement team within the Developer product group. You will design and build backend systems powering stablecoin-based payments, deposits, withdrawals, and APIs that move value securely and at scale.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership as a Directly Responsible Individual, collaboration with product and compliance, and delivering robust, high-performance services in a remote-first, globally distributed environment.