Staff Backend Architect – Fund Movement Platforms (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the FinHub - Transfers team. You will own the architectural direction for fund movements across crypto and fiat rails, driving scalable, reliable systems and leading cross-functional initiatives with Payments, Trading, and product engineering teams.

You'll shape backend infrastructure using modern cloud-native patterns, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers while ensuring high integrity and reliability in financial systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience owning architectural direction.
• Backend programming in Go, Ruby, Python, or Java.
• Proven track record in financial systems reliability.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Uses AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture of Transfers' fund movement systems.
• Lead cross-team engineering initiatives end-to-end.
• Drive backend infrastructure evolution with cloud-native patterns.
• Establish engineering standards and patterns; mentor engineers.

Skills

Go

Ruby

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

Technical leadership

AI governance

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the FinHub - Transfers team. You will own the architectural direction for fund movements across crypto and fiat rails, driving scalable, reliable systems and leading cross-functional initiatives with Payments, Trading, and product engineering teams.

You'll shape backend infrastructure using modern cloud-native patterns, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers while ensuring high integrity and reliability in financial systems.