Staff Software Engineer (Platform - Financial Engineering)

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom globally and is seeking a passionate Staff Software Engineer to build foundational backend systems for their financial engineering team. The role involves driving strategic technical direction, establishing best practices, and collaborating with various teams to improve system performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
• Drive strategic technical direction for complex, cross-team initiatives
• Establish and evolve platform best practices, frameworks, and architectural standards within the team
• Provide deep technical mentorship, guide design decisions, and raise the bar for engineering quality
• Collaborate with product, finance, and engineering leadership to shape the team's technical roadmap
• Drive system improvements by embedding AI into engineering and operational practices

Requirements:

• 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
• Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java) and cloud-native architecture
• Proven track record designing highly available, high-performance systems
• Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and take proactive measures
• Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear, actionable solutions
• 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 data, accounting systems, or high-precision transaction processing OR Experience in the Auth domain
• You've worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or DynamoDB
• You have gone through rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size)