Senior Backend Engineer, Payments Platform (Go)

Coinbase, Inc.; Boise (ID); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Payments team. You will design and build scalable backend services in Go to power fiat on- and off-ramps for millions of users and institutions globally.

Lead end-to-end delivery, create platform primitives, and partner with product and leadership to translate business needs into technical plans. Expect a hybrid model with quarterly in-person surges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, with production services in a service-oriented or microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages, with experience designing scalable, low-latency APIs and distributed systems.
• Track record of owning features end-to-end, from design through deployment and production support, in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems requiring precision and auditability.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant backend services for payment processing using Go.
• Own end-to-end delivery of payment features from design to production deployment and monitoring.
• Build platform primitives and self-serve APIs for other teams to add new payment methods and rails.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and leadership to translate product vision into technical plans.
• Improve system reliability, observability, and performance across payment services.

Skills

Backend engineering

Go

End-to-end ownership

Payments domain

AI responsibly

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Payments team. You will design and build scalable backend services in Go to power fiat on- and off-ramps for millions of users and institutions globally.

Lead end-to-end delivery, create platform primitives, and partner with product and leadership to translate business needs into technical plans. Expect a hybrid model with quarterly in-person surges.