Senior Backend Engineer (Go) — Subscriptions & Payments

Coinbase, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for Coinbase One. You will own backend services powering membership lifecycle, sign-up flows, and recurring payments, and drive scalable platform capabilities across the retail app.

You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to deliver customer-facing features from concept to production, while improving reliability and performance of the backend stack. This is a remote-first, hybrid role in the United States.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience shipping production services at scale.
• Experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems with recurring billing or entitlements.
• Proficiency in Go or a similar backend language with ability to adapt to a Go-centric codebase.
• Design and maintain APIs and distributed systems across web and mobile surfaces.
• Proven ability to scope ambiguous projects and collaborate with product/design partners.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and operation of backend services powering Coinbase One membership lifecycle.
• Build scalable platform capabilities for benefits, promotions, and personalized membership experiences.
• Partner with frontend, product, design, and payments teams from concept to production.
• Drive backend architecture decisions for Coinbase One and integration with platform services.
• Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across Coinbase One backend.

Skills

Go/backend language

Backend architecture

Subscription/payments systems

APIs & distributed systems

Production services at scale

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for Coinbase One. You will own backend services powering membership lifecycle, sign-up flows, and recurring payments, and drive scalable platform capabilities across the retail app.

You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to deliver customer-facing features from concept to production, while improving reliability and performance of the backend stack. This is a remote-first, hybrid role in the United States.