Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - New Product Vertical)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. You will join the Consumer Product Group as a founding backend engineer on a new team building a Coinbase for Business product. The role focuses on designing and implementing backend systems, launching an MVP and future features (international payments, payroll, invoices, etc.), and collaborating across teams to deliver onboarding, multi-user flows, payment rails, tax, settings, and commerce integrations. The team expects high-quality, well-tested production services and active participation in in-person collaboration throughout the year (team and company offsites).

Responsibilities

• Design backend systems and architecture for the new Coinbase for Business product.
• Write code and build prototypes for the MVP and future vision (e.g., international payments, payroll, invoices).
• Collaborate across Coinbase teams to launch supporting features (onboarding, multi-user, payment rails, tax, settings, commerce integrations).
• Produce high-quality, well-tested production code and services.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services; familiarity composing a service-oriented architecture.
• Ability to write high-quality, well-tested code that meets customer needs.
• Passion for building an open financial system and working with crypto/blockchain technologies is desired.

Nice to haves

• Experience on engineering teams in fintech building financial and payments systems.
• Experience at companies that went through rapid growth (startup to mid-size).
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or Redshift.
• Crypto-forward experience, including interacting with Ethereum addresses, ENS, and dApps or other blockchain-based services.

Benefits

• Target pay range (depends on work location): $152,405 — $179,300 USD (full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)).
• Medical, dental and vision plans with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend.
• Volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits.
• Generous time off/leave policy and the option of getting paid in digital currency.

Hiring process notes

• Coinbase may pilot AI tools for initial screening interviews or to transcribe and summarize interview notes; the company states these pilots are for testing and that AI will not be used to make employment decisions.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.