CoinbaseHiring

Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Payments Platform

  • USD 218,025 to 256,500 per year
  • Remote, United States
  • Senior
  • Posted 10 days ago
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In one line

Staff backend role owning the architecture of a payments platform that moves billions across global markets; remote with quarterly in-person sessions.

About the role

The payments team sits inside a wider platform organisation and handles fiat on and off ramps for retail and institutional customers.

At a glance

Pay
USD 218,025 to 256,500 per year
Remote scope
Remote, United States
Seniority
Senior
Skills
Distributed systems, Payments, APIs, SLOs, Incident response, Architecture
Posted
19 Oct 2026
Last checked
29 Oct 2026

What you will do

  • Build distributed systems with fault isolation, observability and clear SLOs
  • Create shared frameworks and coding standards that raise quality across teams
  • Work with product, risk, compliance and operations to scope technical solutions
  • Lead scaling and reliability work and drive fixes after incidents

What they look for

  • 8 or more years in software engineering, including payment or financial infrastructure work
  • Track record architecting fault-tolerant systems at high transaction volume
  • Experience turning fragmented services into reusable platforms and unified APIs
  • History of influencing technical direction across teams without direct authority

Nice to have

  • Responsible use of generative AI to improve workflow efficiency and quality

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision and 401(k)
  • Equity and bonus eligibility

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What does this job pay?

The posting states USD 218,025 to 256,500 per year.

What experience is needed?

It is a senior role. The posting asks for: 8 or more years in software engineering, including payment or financial infrastructure work; track record architecting fault-tolerant systems at high transaction volume; experience turning fragmented services into reusable platforms and unified APIs. Skills it names include Distributed systems, Payments, APIs, SLOs.

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