Senior Backend Engineer, Payments Platform - Remote-First

Coinbase, Inc.; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payments team in the Platform organization. The role focuses on building scalable backend services and APIs to power fiat on- and off-ramps for millions of users and institutions worldwide, with a remote-first culture and periodic in-person surge sessions.

You will design and deploy payment features end-to-end, create platform primitives for other teams, and partner with product managers and senior leaders to align technical plans with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Go or similar backend languages with API design
• Experience owning features end-to-end in a fast-moving environment
• Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems
• Responsible use of AI to improve workflows and quality

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant backend services for payment processing in Go
• Own end-to-end delivery of payment features from design to production
• Build platform primitives and self-serve APIs for other teams to add payment methods
• Collaborate with product, eng, and leadership to turn requirements into technical plans
• Improve reliability, observability, and performance across payment services

Skills

Go

Backend API design

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Payments team in the Platform organization. The role focuses on building scalable backend services and APIs to power fiat on- and off-ramps for millions of users and institutions worldwide, with a remote-first culture and periodic in-person surge sessions.

You will design and deploy payment features end-to-end, create platform primitives for other teams, and partner with product managers and senior leaders to align technical plans with