Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Coinbase One)

Coinbase

10d•$186,065 - $218,900

About The Position

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join the Coinbase One team within the Consumer & Business group. Coinbase One is a subscription membership product offering premium benefits to paying members. The role owns backend systems powering the membership lifecycle, from sign-up and payment processing to benefit delivery and targeted promotions, with the goal of driving subscriber growth and retention for millions of customers. Coinbase is remote-first but not remote-only. Employees are expected to gather quarterly for in-person working sessions called “surges.”

Requirements

At least 5 years of professional backend software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping and operating production services at scale.
Demonstrated experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems, including recurring billing, entitlements, or promotional logic.
Proficiency in Go or a similar backend systems language (Java, C++, or Rust), with the ability to adapt to a Go-centric codebase.
Ability to design and maintain APIs and distributed systems that integrate across multiple product surfaces, including web and mobile.
Track record of taking ambiguous projects from scoping through production with minimal oversight, including cross-functional collaboration with product and design partners.
Use generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

Own the design, development, and operation of backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle, including sign-up flows, subscription management, and recurring payment processing.
Build scalable platform capabilities for targeted benefit delivery, promotional incentives, and personalized membership experiences across the Coinbase retail application.
Partner with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope, ship, and iterate on customer-facing membership features from concept through production.
Drive backend architecture decisions for the Coinbase One product area, establishing patterns for reliability, extensibility, and integration with broader Coinbase platform services.
Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across Coinbase One's backend stack, proactively identifying and resolving production issues.