Software Engineer I

📍 United States

USD 152,400-179,300 per year

JUNIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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AI @ 3 API @ 5 AWS @ 5 Blockchain @ 3 CDP Compliance Distributed Systems @ 5 Ethereum @ 3 FinTech @ 3 GCP @ 5 GenAI Generative AI @ 3 Go @ 5 Java @ 5 Payments @ 3 Security

Details

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Employees are expected to gather quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”

Join the Money Movement team within the Developer product group and help build the infrastructure powering the future of global payments. CDP brings together payments, trading, wallets, and stablecoins through a single onboarding flow and self-service APIs. You will design and build backend systems for stablecoin-based pay-ins, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals, enabling fast, secure, and scalable transfers across the Coinbase ecosystem and beyond.

Responsibilities

Own key projects end-to-end as the Directly Responsible Individual, driving stablecoin-based money movement features from system design through production deployment with high accountability.
Build backend systems, infrastructure, and internal and external APIs that enable businesses and partners to embed stablecoin-powered payments into their products.
Partner with Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions that balance speed, security, and regulatory needs.
Execute performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across distributed systems, identifying bottlenecks and driving fixes before they impact customers.
Support the team's engineering quality through code reviews, architectural best practices, and contributing to patterns that raise the technical bar.

Requirements

2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems, ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto.
Proficiency in backend languages such as Go or Java and cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP, with hands-on experience designing distributed systems and APIs.
A track record of serving as the Directly Responsible Individual for technical projects and driving end-to-end delivery from system design through production deployment.
Experience integrating with or building on blockchain or crypto technologies such as stablecoins, on-chain payments, or smart contract platforms, including Ethereum, Solana, or Base.
Ability to write technical design documents and communicate architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.
Responsible use of generative AI, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation

The annual base salary range, excluding equity and bonus, is $152,405–$179,300 USD. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, as well as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.

Candidates may submit a maximum of three applications within a six-month period.