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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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, including designing, building, and maintaining production services at scale
- Production experience with Go (or similar backend language), relational data stores (Postgres or equivalent), and message-based architectures (Kafka or equivalent)
- Demonstrated ability to own system design decisions, lead technical proposals, and drive alignment across a team of engineers
- Track record of identifying and resolving quality, performance, and scalability issues in distributed systems
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a culture of high code quality through thorough reviews, testing, and documentation
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
More about this 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. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase .
As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend on the Foundations, Settlements and Transfers team within the Institutional group, you'll own the backend systems that power the secure movement of funds across fiat, crypto, and internal ledgers for Coinbase's institutional clients. This team is responsible for transaction processing, settlement, and asset transfer infrastructure that underpins the entire institutional platform. You'll drive technical direction, mentor engineers, and build the next generation of financial systems at scale.
- Own the design, build, and scaling of backend services that...
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