Senior Software Engineer – Platform, Identity

Coinbase

Senior Software Engineer responsible for building APIs and backend systems for Coinbase's identity platform. Collaborating on user identity management and ensuring operational excellence in backend services.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $186,065 - $218,900 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the design and reliability of business-critical Tier-0/Tier-1 backend systems serving millions of customers, ensuring security, observability, and operational excellence.
Lead the evolution from fragmented user/org models to a unified Account abstraction — defining APIs, data models, and best practices adopted across every Coinbase product.
Architect and deliver platform services enabling seamless, secure, multi-entity account and identity management, making it fast and easy to add new entity types (e.g., org, partner, vertical).
Champion technical excellence by driving code and design reviews, setting engineering standards, and shaping the team's technical culture.
Mentor and level-up engineers across the team, creating a multiplier effect on developer velocity and platform reliability.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Infrastructure, SRE, and Compliance teams to deliver secure, observable, and extensible solutions.
Proactively identify opportunities for platformization, refactor legacy components, improve performance, and harden security and compliance posture.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend systems.
Proven experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services in a service-oriented architecture.
Track record of writing high-quality, well-tested code that meets customer needs and withstands production demands.
Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across product, infrastructure, and compliance teams.
Passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together.
Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
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401(k)

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend systemsAPIsdata modelsservice-oriented architectureproduction servicescode reviewsdesign reviewsplatform servicessecurityobservability

Soft Skills

collaborationmentoringleadershipcommunicationtechnical excellenceproblem-solvingcross-functional teamworkadaptabilitypassion for open financial systemscontinuous learning