Senior Backend Engineer, Subscriptions & Payments

Coinbase, Inc.; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. in the United States is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for the Coinbase One team.

You will own backend services powering the membership lifecycle—from sign-up and payment processing to benefit delivery and promotions—driving subscriber growth and retention across the Coinbase app. Collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope, ship, and iterate features from concept to production, design scalable APIs and distributed systems, and improve

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience shipping and operating production services at scale.
• Experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems.
• Proficiency in Go or a similar backend systems language with ability to adapt to a Go-centric codebase.
• Design and maintain APIs and distributed systems across multiple product surfaces.
• Ability to take ambiguous projects from scoping through production with cross-functional partners.
• Responsible use of AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, and operation of backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle, including sign-up flows and recurring payments.
• Build scalable platform capabilities for targeted benefit delivery and personalized membership experiences.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope, ship, and iterate on features from concept to production.
• Drive backend architecture decisions to ensure reliability and integration with broader Coinbase platform services.
• Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across the Coinbase One backend stack.

Skills

Backend development

Subscriptions & payments

Go language

APIs & distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

AI usage & governance

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. in the United States is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for the Coinbase One team.

You will own backend services powering the membership lifecycle—from sign-up and payment processing to benefit delivery and promotions—driving subscriber growth and retention across the Coinbase app. Collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope, ship, and iterate features from concept to production, design scalable APIs and distributed systems, and improve