Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer Coinbase · Remote US Posted yesterday

QuickCruit, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer) to own backend services powering Advisor and Strategies, from design through launch and ongoing operation.

You will build integrations with Coinbase's trading APIs, translate agent recommendations into auditable executions, and develop our agentic harness with tool calling, orchestration, and recovery from failures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with API design, distributed systems, data modeling, testing, and debugging production failures.
• Experience building production LLM or agentic systems, including tool calling, orchestration, or evaluation.
• Proven ability to take ambiguous projects from zero to production with minimal oversight and sound product and technical judgment.

Responsibilities

• Own backend services powering Coinbase Advisor and Strategies, from technical design through launch and ongoing operation.
• Build integrations with Coinbase's trading APIs so agent recommendations and user-configured strategies translate into correct, auditable execution.
• Develop our agentic harness, including tool calling, orchestration, persistent state, and recovery from failed or partially completed actions.
• Shape agent behavior through prompt engineering, evals, and conversation analysis, partnering with our registered investment adviser on changes to financial advice.
• Improve service reliability, latency, observability, and execution safety, including retry behavior and safeguards against duplicate actions.
• Partner with frontend engineering, product, design, trading infrastructure, and legal/compliance to ship customer-facing capabilities within regulatory guardrails.

Skills

Backend engineering

API design

Distributed systems

Go

LLM/agent systems

Tool calling

Orchestration

Tools

Go language

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer at CoinbaseJob DetailsFull-time# Staff Software Engineer - Backend (ConsumerCoinbase · Remote USTailor My ResumeStart free. No credit card.### Responsibilities* Own backend services powering Coinbase Advisor and Strategies, from technical design through launch and ongoing operation* Build integrations with Coinbase's trading APIs so agent recommendations and user-configured strategies translate into correct, auditable execution* Develop our agentic harness, including tool calling, orchestration, persistent state, and recovery from failed or partially completed actions* Shape agent behavior through prompt engineering, evals, and conversation analysis, partnering with our registered investment adviser on changes to financial advice* Improve service reliability, latency, observability, and execution safety, including retry behavior and safeguards against duplicate actions* Partner with frontend engineering, product, design, trading infrastructure, and legal/compliance to ship customer-facing capabilities within regulatory guardrails### Qualifications* 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend expertise and a track record of shipping and operating production services* Strong experience with API design, distributed systems, data modeling, testing, and debugging production failures* Proficiency in Go or demonstrated ability to learn it quickly* Experience building production LLM or agentic systems, including tool calling, orchestration, or evaluation* Proven ability to take ambiguous projects from zero to production with minimal oversight and sound product and technical judgment* Position ID: P79041### About the Job* Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).* Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):* Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.* US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.PostedYesterdayJob TypeFull-timeSalary$218,025 – $256,500 USDLocation* Remote US