Senior Software Engineer, Tax Engineering

Coinbase; United States; Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase seeks a Senior Software Engineer for Tax Engineering to build scalable backend systems that handle cost basis tracking, gain/loss, withholding automation, and tax reporting across product lines globally. You will collaborate with Product, Design, Tax, Trading, and Positions teams to deliver robust pipelines and an extensible tax architecture.

You will influence design, mentor peers, and ensure correctness and efficiency in production-grade systems while embracing responsible AI

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• Strong distributed systems fundamentals with high-throughput services and critical data pipelines.
• Experience owning complex systems end-to-end from design to production operations.
• Proven ability to collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional partners.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of backend systems for cost basis tracking, gain/loss, withholding automation, and tax reporting infrastructure.
• Build pipelines for broker reporting, automated withholding, and integrations as Coinbase expands into equities and options.
• Partner with Product, Design, Tax, Trading, and Positions teams to translate ambiguous requirements into shipped solutions.
• Drive an extensible tax architecture so new products plug into shared primitives.
• Enhance engineering quality through reviews and technical mentorship.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Production systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Generative AI usage

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.

Senior Software Engineer, Tax Engineering

Tax Engineering sits at the intersection of every trade, every payment, and every product Coinbase ships. When a user buys Bitcoin, sells an equity, earns staking rewards, or redeems an Advisor-managed strategy, Tax Engineering is in the critical path, calculating cost basis, tracking gain/loss, determining withholding obligations, and producing compliance reporting across every product line and legal entity globally. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Tax team within the Consumer Business group, you'll build the extensible primitives that make each new Coinbase launch possible, where scale and accuracy are both non-negotiable.

What you'll do:

• Own the design and delivery of backend systems for cost basis tracking, gain/loss calculation, withholding automation, and tax reporting infrastructure
• Build new pipelines for broker reporting, automated withholding, and clearing integrations with partners as Coinbase expands into equities, margin, and options
• Partner with Product, Design, Tax, Trading, and Positions teams to take ambiguous problems from scoping through production rollout
• Drive an extensible tax architecture so every new product launch can plug into shared primitives without bespoke rework
• Strengthen engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, and technical mentorship across the team

Required Skills and Experience:

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience building and operating production systems with high-quality, well-tested code
• Strong distributed systems fundamentals, with experience designing high-throughput services and data pipelines where correctness is critical
• Track record owning complex systems end-to-end, from design through production operation, in fast-changing domains
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate closely with product, design, and cross-functional partners to translate ambiguous requirements into shipped solutions
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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

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