Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (FinHub Tooling)

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world and is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their FinHub Tooling team. The role involves owning the technical strategy and architecture of the Finhub Tooling platform, driving AI-powered operational efficiency, and mentoring engineers while ensuring high-performance systems for multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Finhub Tooling platform
• Drive an AI-first approach to internal tooling — identify where AI-powered workflows can transform operational efficiency across FinHub
• Architect and develop systems that serve multiple stakeholder groups (Engineering, CX, Risk, Legal) with high reliability and performance requirements
• Build alignment and secure commitment from cross-team and cross-functional partners to drive execution on complex, ambiguous initiatives
• Define engineering processes, quality standards, and best practices for the team
• Maintain high-volume technical output while elevating the technical abilities of the team through mentorship and design leadership
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet the needs of your internal customers

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• You've designed and built fault-tolerant, highly reliable systems at scale
• Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant organizational impact
• Proven ability to drive technical strategy and roadmap for a platform or team
• Experience building alignment across cross-functional stakeholders and leading execution on initiatives that span multiple teams
• Track record of elevating team technical quality — through mentorship, design reviews, and engineering process improvements
• You're passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together
• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human‑in‑the‑loop practices to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality
• Experience with financial systems, ledgering systems, or trading systems at scale
• Experience building internal tooling or admin platforms that serve operational teams
• You have gone through rapid growth in your company (from 10 to 100s of engineers)
• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services