Senior Backend Engineer, Payments Platform (Go)

Coinbase, Inc.; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payments team within the Platform organization. The team builds the infrastructure, workflows, and APIs that power fiat on- and off-ramps for millions of consumers and institutional customers globally, across payment rails and funds-flow systems.

As a senior engineer, you will design scalable backend services in Go, own features end-to-end from design through deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to expand Coinbase's

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering in a service-oriented or microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages with API design experience.
• Track record of owning features end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency.

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.
• Build platform primitives and self-serve APIs for other teams to add payment methods.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and leaders to translate requirements into plans.
• Improve system reliability, observability, and performance across payments services.
• Contribute to engineering quality through code reviews and best practices.

Skills

Backend engineering

Go programming

End-to-end ownership

Payments systems

AI in workflows

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payments team within the Platform organization. The team builds the infrastructure, workflows, and APIs that power fiat on- and off-ramps for millions of consumers and institutional customers globally, across payment rails and funds-flow systems.

As a senior engineer, you will design scalable backend services in Go, own features end-to-end from design through deployment, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to expand Coinbase's