Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Platform, Payment Rails

Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase working on Payment Rails, bridging fiat and crypto economies. Designing and scaling reliable payment systems for diverse markets.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $218,025 - $256,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for scaling Payment Rails' network
Build complex distributed systems that process high-volume payment traffic
Drive an AI-first approach to engineering workflows
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Operations
Lead high-stakes scaling initiatives
Strengthen the engineering bar across Payment Rails and adjacent orgs

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in software engineering
Experience building payment systems
Experience building financial infrastructure
Experience building high-volume transactional systems
Demonstrated track record of architecting fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale
Proven production reliability ownership

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity and bonus eligibility
medical
dental
vision
401(k)

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringpayment systemsfinancial infrastructurehigh-volume transactional systemsdistributed systemsfault-tolerant architectureproduction reliability

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationleadershipstrategic thinking