Senior Backend Engineer - Remote-First Subscriptions

Coinbase, Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity + bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Coinbase One) to own backend services powering the membership lifecycle, including sign-up, payments, and benefits delivery.

You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to ship features across the Coinbase retail app. The role emphasizes scalable backend architecture, reliability, and performance in a fast-paced, remote-first environment with quarterly in-person surges in Nashville.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems
• Proficiency in Go or similar language (Java, C++, Rust)
• Designing APIs and distributed systems across web and mobile
• Ambiguity handling with cross-functional collaboration
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight

Responsibilities

• Own backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle
• Build scalable platform capabilities for benefits and promotions
• Collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams
• Drive backend architecture decisions for reliability and extensibility
• Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across the stack

Skills

Backend engineering

Subscriptions/payments

Go or similar

APIs & distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

AI responsibly

Tools

Go

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Coinbase One) to own backend services powering the membership lifecycle, including sign-up, payments, and benefits delivery.

You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to ship features across the Coinbase retail app. The role emphasizes scalable backend architecture, reliability, and performance in a fast-paced, remote-first environment with quarterly in-person surges in Nashville.