Coinbase

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform, Payments

Coinbase

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $253,895 - $298,700 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Distributed Systems

About the role

  • Define and drive the Payments Platform architecture
  • Lead large, cross‑team platformization initiatives
  • Scale complex distributed systems
  • Be an AI‑first technical leader
  • Partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Operations
  • Own end‑to‑end delivery of critical, company‑level initiatives
  • Raise the engineering bar across Payments and adjacent orgs
  • Mentor and multiply

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Deep experience building and scaling distributed systems
  • Proven platformization track record
  • AI‑first engineering mindset
  • Strong architectural and design skills
  • Operational excellence mindset
  • Collaborative leadership
  • Technical mentorship and thought leadership
  • Payments or financial systems experience is a strong plus
Benefits
  • bonus eligibility
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
distributed systemsplatformizationarchitecturedesign skillsAI-first engineering
Soft skills
collaborative leadershiptechnical mentorshipthought leadershipoperational excellence