Define and drive the technical vision and strategy for FS&L, ensuring systems achieve high throughput, low latency, and scale.
Architect and build mission-critical financial systems (e.g., card processing, loan repayments) with a focus on funds flow, reconciliation, and invariants.
Drive developer productivity by advocating for new tooling (Go, Temporal, K8, MongoDB) and AI adoption.
Mentor and coach team members to foster growth and technical excellence.
Partner with Product/Engineering leaders to align on long-term product and engineering strategy.
Lead the creation of reusable platforms for adoption across Coinbase.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience in large-scale distributed systems.
Deep expertise in payments or traditional finance.
Demonstrated experience in architecting and building high-throughput, low-latency financial systems that can handle $500M monthly processing volumes.
Strong understanding of funds flow, reconciliation, and invariants.
Proven ability to lead complex, cross-organizational initiatives and drive architectural cohesion.
Strong mentoring skills and a passion for leveling up teammates.
Experience working on consumer products with a bias towards strong design and UX.

Benefits

Full time offers include bonus eligibility + equity eligibility + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringlarge-scale distributed systemsarchitecting financial systemshigh-throughput systemslow-latency systemsfunds flowreconciliationinvariantsconsumer product designUX

Soft Skills

mentoringcoachingleadershipcross-organizational collaborationtechnical excellenceadvocacy for new toolingpassion for growthdeveloper productivity