Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Institutional - Settlements & Transfers)

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, Coinbase is seeking a candidate passionate about crypto and blockchain technology, eager to solve hard problems, and comfortable working in an intense, high-performance culture. Many roles at Coinbase are remote-first but not remote-only; in-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company-wide offsites.

You'll join the Coinbase Institutional team, which builds products for institutional customers (Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Advanced Trade, Custody, Commerce, Exchange). The Institutional, Settlements and Transfers team focuses on financial infrastructure for secure movement of funds across fiat, crypto, and internal ledgers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop services and frameworks that power Coinbase Prime’s settlement and transfer processes.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance; work with management and stakeholders to define and execute strategic roadmaps.
• Lead individual projects, managing priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Mentor and train other engineers on design techniques and coding standards; foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code for fault-tolerant and highly reliable systems at scale.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers) to transform technical vision into roadmaps.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven experience building fault-tolerant, highly reliable systems at scale.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact.
• Experience applying these skills to ledgering, trading, or payment systems at scale.
• A passion for building an open financial system.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; ability to influence and drive change at all levels.

Nice to haves

• Experience with Golang and Ruby.
• Familiarity with on-chain activity (interacting with Ethereum addresses and dApps).
• Experience with financial systems, banking, or fintech.
• Knowledge of concepts like T+1 or T+2 settlement cycles, and the roles of clearing houses and settlement agents.
• Experience scaling in a company that grew rapidly (from ~10 to hundreds of engineers).

Additional details

• Job #: GIBE06US
• Tag: #LI-Remote
• In-person participation is required throughout the year for team and company offsites; attendance is expected and supported.

Compensation (Pay Transparency)

• Pay Range (example shown): $211,650 — $249,000 USD. Another listed range: $217,900 — $217,900 USD.
• Full-time offers also include target bonus, target equity, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans with generous employee contributions
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend
• Volunteer time off
• Fertility counseling and benefits
• Generous time off / leave policy
• Option of getting paid in digital currency

Equal opportunity & privacy

• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants without regard to protected characteristics. For US applicants, additional applicant rights and arbitration notices are provided. Coinbase is committed to reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

AI disclosure

• Coinbase may pilot AI tools for initial screening interviews or interview intelligence in select roles; these pilots will not be used to make final employment decisions.