Senior Staff Software Engineer, Coinbase

• 10+ years building and operating large‑scale distributed systems in production
• Deep money‑movement architecture experience (PSPs, ISO 20022, routing, double‑entry, high‑volume payment systems)
• Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and cloud‑native architecture
• Proven track record designing highly available, high‑performance systems
• Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks before they occur and take decisive, proactive measures
• Experience leading cross‑functional technical initiatives and mentoring senior engineers
• Commitment to technical excellence, sharing best practices, and fostering a strong engineering culture
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear and actionable solutions

Desirable

• Payments Platform is at the front door of Coinbase’s financial ecosystem
• Our mission is to move old money into crypto and power financial access and payments for the crypto economy globally
• As the bridge between the traditional financial world and the crypto economy, we build and operate the fiat on- and off-ramps and payment services that let Coinbase’s customer-facing products deliver reliable, seamless payment processing and connect customer fiat funds into crypto
• We’re seeking a deep technical leader to define the engineering vision for Payments, shape architectural cohesion across our global payment rails and funds-flow systems, drive platform-level reliability and cost efficiency, and lead the next evolution of how fiat moves into and out of Coinbase
• Define and drive the multi‑quarter technical strategy for Payments, spanning rails, orchestration, and transfers, to support new products, geos, and significant growth in payment volume
• Architect and evolve the core Payments platform (rails integrations, routing, and funds-flow services) for high availability, low latency, and cost efficiency at global scale
• Lead end‑to‑end design and rollout of large, cross‑team initiatives (e.g., new global rails, decomp/migrations, resiliency programs), breaking high ambiguity into clear milestones and measurable outcomes
• Set and enforce technical standards for financial correctness across Payments, including idempotency, reconciliation, failure‑mode handling, and auditability for all money‑movement paths
• Partner closely with FinHub, Payments Risk, Regulatory Platform, and Product to design cohesive architectures that balance customer experience, risk controls, compliance, and unit economics
• Provide deep technical mentorship to senior/staff engineers across Payments pods, upleveling system design quality, review rigor, and long‑term maintainability
• Use data and observability signals (e.g., success rates, latency, cost, incident patterns) to identify structural platform gaps and lead systematic reliability and efficiency improvements
• Represent Payments in executive and cross‑org forums, clearly communicating tradeoffs, aligning stakeholders on strategy, and securing buy‑in for high‑impact technical bets