Remote-First Staff Backend Architect for Transfers

Coinbase, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the FinHub Transfers team to own architectural direction of fund movement systems across crypto and fiat rails. You will drive reliability, scalability, and cross-functional initiatives that impact millions of customers moving money on Coinbase.

The role emphasizes leadership, modern cloud-native architecture, and mentoring engineers while ensuring financial integrity and low operational risk.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production, with demonstrated experience owning architectural direction and making technical decisions that shape a team's or domain's long-term trajectory.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture of Transfers' fund movement systems, driving design decisions on distributed system structure, correctness guarantees, and scalability across crypto and fiat rails.

Skills

Go

Ruby

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the FinHub Transfers team to own architectural direction of fund movement systems across crypto and fiat rails. You will drive reliability, scalability, and cross-functional initiatives that impact millions of customers moving money on Coinbase.

The role emphasizes leadership, modern cloud-native architecture, and mentoring engineers while ensuring financial integrity and low operational risk.