Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Identity

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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency — it's a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for in-person working sessions called “surges.”

The Identity team owns everything related to user identity — login, passwords, MFA, security questions, and session management — and the Accounts pod is driving the evolution from single-user models to a unified, multi-user and organization-aware platform. You'll architect and deliver the APIs, data models, and backend services that enable seamless, secure, multi-entity account management at Coinbase scale, future-proofing growth across Consumer, Institutional, and new verticals.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend systems and service-oriented architecture.
• Proven experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services that withstand high-traffic production demands.
• Track record of decomposing complex systems into clean APIs and data models adopted by multiple consuming teams.
• Experience working cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and compliance teams to deliver secure, extensible platform solutions.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Pay Transparency

Base salary varies by location. Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $186,065 — $218,900 USD. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision.
• 401(k).
• Eligible for equity and bonus components (in addition to base salary).

Other information

• Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
• Equal Opportunity Employer and accommodations information provided.
• US Applicants: links to Employee Rights, Know Your Rights, and E-Verify notices are provided in the original posting.
• Coinbase is piloting AI tools for initial screening interviews and interview intelligence; the company states AI will not be used to make employment decisions.