Senior Backend Engineer, Subscriptions & Payments (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Hartford (CT); Remote; 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 flows, subscription management, and recurring payments.

You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to ship features from concept through production, while improving reliability and performance across the backend stack. This role emphasizes scalable, integrated systems and responsible AI usage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems.
• Proficiency in Go or a similar backend language with Go-centric codebase adaptability.
• Design and maintenance of APIs and distributed systems across web and mobile surfaces.
• Proven track record delivering scoped projects with minimal oversight and cross-functional partners.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and operation of backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle.
• Build scalable platform capabilities for targeted benefit delivery and promotions.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments to ship membership features from concept to production.
• Lead backend architecture decisions for reliability, extensibility, and integration with Coinbase platform services.
• Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across Coinbase One's backend stack.

Skills

Backend engineering

Subscription systems

Go

APIs & distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

AI in workflows

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 flows, subscription management, and recurring payments.

You will collaborate with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to ship features from concept through production, while improving reliability and performance across the backend stack. This role emphasizes scalable, integrated systems and responsible AI usage.