Senior Backend Engineer - Settlements & Transfers (Remote)

Native American Talent; Juneau (AK); Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend in the Foundations, Settlements and Transfers team. You will own the backend systems powering the secure movement of funds across fiat, crypto, and internal ledgers for institutional clients.

The role emphasizes system design, performance, and scalable infrastructure in a remote-first, research-driven environment. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural improvements, and partner with product and management to align quarterly roadmaps

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience designing, building, and maintaining production services at scale.
• Proficient with Go or a similar backend language, relational data stores (PostgreSQL) and message-based architectures (Kafka).
• Demonstrated ability to own system design decisions and drive technical proposals with a team.
• Track record of solving performance, quality, and scalability issues in distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers and fostering high code quality through reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflows, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, build, and scaling of backend services that process settlements and transfers across fiat, crypto, and internal ledger systems.
• Drive code quality and maintainability through rigorous code reviews, refactoring, and active participation across all stages of the development lifecycle.
• Lead performance and scalability improvements for critical financial infrastructure, including troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Partner with product managers, engineering managers, and cross-functional teams to translate product vision into quarterly technical roadmaps and deliverables.
• Propose and implement architectural improvements that accelerate velocity, reduce tech debt, and strengthen system reliability.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on technical best practices and professional growth.

Skills

Go

PostgreSQL

Kafka

System design

Mentoring

Code reviews

AI usage

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend in the Foundations, Settlements and Transfers team. You will own the backend systems powering the secure movement of funds across fiat, crypto, and internal ledgers for institutional clients.

The role emphasizes system design, performance, and scalable infrastructure in a remote-first, research-driven environment. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural improvements, and partner with product and management to align quarterly roadmaps