Senior Backend Engineer - Subscriptions & Payments (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Dover (DE); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for the Coinbase One team. You will own backend services powering the membership lifecycle, including sign-up, payments, benefits, and promotions, with a focus on reliability and scale.

You'll collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to ship features and improve platform capabilities while adhering to responsible AI practices and governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience shipping production services.
• Experience with subscription, payments, or commerce systems.
• Proficiency in Go or a similar language.
• Design and maintain APIs and distributed systems across surfaces.
• Collaborate with product/design across teams.
• Apply generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, and operation of backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle.
• Build scalable platform capabilities for targeted benefits and promotions.
• Partner with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope and ship features.
• Drive backend architecture decisions for reliability and extensibility.
• Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across the stack.

Skills

5+ years backend

Subscriptions/payments

Go or similar

APIs & distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

AI with oversight

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for the Coinbase One team. You will own backend services powering the membership lifecycle, including sign-up, payments, benefits, and promotions, with a focus on reliability and scale.

You'll collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to ship features and improve platform capabilities while adhering to responsible AI practices and governance.