Staff Backend Software Engineer, Coinbase

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• Experience in uplevelling junior engineers via processes and setting a high bar for them to follow
• You know what high quality code — and software engineering processes — look like and know how to foster an environment that creates them
• You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together
• Experience of building large distributed systems
• Experience of building simple, scalable and fault tolerant APIs

Desirable

• We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Payments team at Coinbase
• Our team is diligently crafting innovative payment solutions aimed at empowering both individual consumers and large-scale institutions within the cryptocurrency ecosystem
• We are developing state-of-the-art payment infrastructures, workflows and APIs, to facilitate the seamless transition of traditional currency into the crypto landscape, thereby enhancing financial access
• Our payment solutions are designed with a focus on simplicity and scalability, aiming to drive widespread adoption of crypto-centric products such as Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Decentralized Applications (DApps), and cryptocurrency exchanges
• Architect and develop payments platform for processing billions of $s of payments across the globe
• Provide technical structure to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps
• Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
• Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers
• Hands-on with coding
• Plan and Implement the multi-year strategy for Payments engineering with the technical leadership on your team
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
• Add positive energy in every meeting, and make your coworkers feel included in every interaction
• Engage with upstream teams and enforce SLAs for data availability and quality