Staff Backend Architect — Scalable FinTech Platforms

Coinbase, Inc.; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the FinHub - Transfers team to own the architectural direction of fund movements across crypto and fiat rails. You will drive platform reliability, scalability, and set engineering standards while mentoring engineers to uphold high integrity in financial systems.

You will work with Payments, Trading, and product engineering to deliver new capabilities and improvements, shaping the long-term technical roadmaps for the transfers platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Deep expertise in backend programming and cloud-native architecture.
• Track record delivering high-reliability financial systems with transaction integrity.

Responsibilities

• Own the architectural direction of Transfers' fund movement systems.
• Lead cross-team engineering initiatives end-to-end with Payments, Trading, and product engineering.
• Drive evolution of backend infrastructure using modern cloud-native patterns and identify scaling bottlenecks.
• Mentor engineers across levels on system design and production services.

Skills

Go

Ruby

Python

Java

Backend Architecture

Cross-functional Leadership

Generative AI

Tools

Cloud-native

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the FinHub - Transfers team to own the architectural direction of fund movements across crypto and fiat rails. You will drive platform reliability, scalability, and set engineering standards while mentoring engineers to uphold high integrity in financial systems.

You will work with Payments, Trading, and product engineering to deliver new capabilities and improvements, shaping the long-term technical roadmaps for the transfers platform.