# Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Institutional - at Coinbase

- Company: Coinbase
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Greylock and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.coinbase.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote - USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://www.coinbase.com/careers/positions/8193862?gh_jid=8193862
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/coinbase-senior-software-engineer-backend-institutional/

## About the role

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. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production backend services in a service-oriented architecture
- Production experience with Go (or similar), gRPC/Protobuf, relational data stores, and observability tooling
- Demonstrated practice of writing well-tested, production-grade code with high test coverage and structured code review habits
- Comfort working in regulated, high-integrity domains such as identity, access control, KYC/AML, or financial onboarding
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Tags: Engineering - Backend