Senior Backend Engineer, Coinbase One — Remote

Coinbase, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

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Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Coinbase One) to own the backend systems powering the membership lifecycle, from sign-up to recurring payments and benefits delivery. You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to deliver scalable membership features across the Coinbase app.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend engineering, experience with subscription/payments systems, and proficiency in Go or similar languages, with a track record of

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with a track record of shipping and operating production services at scale.
• Experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems, including recurring billing, entitlements, or promotional logic.
• Proficiency in Go or a similar backend systems language (Java, C++, Rust) with demonstrated ability to adapt to a Go-centric codebase.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and distributed systems that integrate across multiple product surfaces (web and mobile).
• Ability to take ambiguous projects from scoping through production with cross-functional collaboration with product and design partners and responsibly leverage AI where appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, and operation of backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle, including sign-up flows, subscription management, and recurring payment processing.
• Build scalable platform capabilities that enable targeted benefit delivery and personalized membership experiences across the Coinbase retail application.
• Partner with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope, ship, and iterate on customer-facing membership features from concept through production.
• Drive backend architecture decisions for the Coinbase One product area, establishing patterns for reliability, extensibility, and integration with broader Coinbase platform services.
• Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across Coinbase One's backend stack, proactively identifying and resolving production issues.

Skills

Backend development

Subscription and payments systems

Go or similar language

API and distributed systems design

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Coinbase One) to own the backend systems powering the membership lifecycle, from sign-up to recurring payments and benefits delivery. You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to deliver scalable membership features across the Coinbase app.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend engineering, experience with subscription/payments systems, and proficiency in Go or similar languages, with a track record of