Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Growth Foundations)

Coinbase; United States; Hybrid; CAD 172,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend on the Growth Foundations team within the Consumer & Business group.

You will build and scale core infrastructure powering growth for Retail, Institutional, Base, and international teams, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. You will design backend systems for high QPS and low latency, collaborate with product managers and designers to align roadmaps, and lead investments in tooling and cross-team efforts to boost

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience in distributed environments.
• Experience with server-side architecture focusing on performance, security, and scalability.
• Ability to design and run growth experiments or A/B tests using data.
• Experience integrating with databases and caching layers in high-throughput systems.
• Collaborates with product and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own design and delivery of scalable backend services for growth infrastructure.
• Architect resilient service-oriented systems using modern cloud technologies.
• Translate product/technical vision into quarterly roadmaps with stakeholders.
• Invest in developer tooling and platform capabilities to increase velocity.
• Build high-quality, well-tested production code that's secure and reliable.
• Drive rapid experimentation to deliver measurable impact on user growth.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Server-side architecture

Growth experiments

Databases & storage

Cross-functional collaboration

AI responsibly

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” Learn more about working at Coinbase .

As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend on the Growth Foundations team within the Consumer & Business group, you'll build and scale the core infrastructure that powers growth across Coinbase. This team owns the foundational systems behind powering efforts as: notifications at scale, incentives and referral platforms, user targeting and segmentation, lifecycle communications, and ML ranking that power more than 50% of Coinbase web and app surfaces. You'll design and ship backend systems that enable high-impact growth initiatives for Retail, Institutional, Base, and international teams while maintaining the reliability, scalability, and performance our customers depend on.

What you'll do:

• Own the design and delivery of scalable distributed backend services that handle high QPS, low latency, and high reliability requirements for growth infrastructure
• Architect resilient service-oriented systems using modern cloud technologies, contributing across backend, data, and ML layers of the stack
• Partner with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to translate product and technical vision into quarterly roadmaps
• Lead investments in developer tooling, shared platform capabilities, and cross-team relationships that increase organizational velocity
• Build high-quality, well-tested production code for systems that are secure, reliable, and maintainable at scale
• Drive rapid experimentation by building and iterating on growth features that deliver measurable impact to user acquisition and retention

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services in distributed environments
• Demonstrated expertise in server-side architecture including performance optimization, security, scalability, and containerized environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Proven ability to design and run growth experiments or A/B tests, using data to identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities
• Experience integrating with databases, caching layers, and storage solutions (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB, DynamoDB) in high-throughput systems
• Track record of collaborating cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions from scoping through production monitoring in a high velocity environment
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

ID # P77683

Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $191,100 — $191,100 CAD

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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