Principal Software Engineer, Backend – Platform

Coinbase

full-time

Posted on: 9/28/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $297,670 - $350,200 per year

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About the role

Influence and oversee large engineering efforts across various domains such as identity, payments, ledgering and risk
Collaborate with other product leaders to establish and execute on vision & architecture strategies
Help drive the unified vision for product platform services and API surface
Lead the development and scaling of data stores and ledger systems within payment frameworks
Implement best practices for building and maintaining large-scale systems
Mentor other ICs to promote technical excellence and professional growth
In-person participation required throughout the year; attend team and company-wide offsites

Minimum of 15+ years of experience
Experience providing technical and strategic oversight for a high-performing global team of hundreds of engineers.
Desire and ability to inspire, influence and drive change at all levels, across multiple XFN teams, VPs and C-Suite.
Demonstrated experience in working with large-scale systems and solving technical problems with over multi-year, multi-billion dollar, and multi-organization impact.
Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional leaders and mentor other team members.
Experience in the fintech sector, with crypto experience being a plus
Ability to mentor other ICs to promote technical excellence and professional growth.

Benefits

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large-scale systemsdata storesledger systemspayment frameworksAPI developmenttechnical oversightstrategic oversightproblem solving

collaborationmentoringinfluencingleadershipcommunicationinspiring change