Software Engineer-1
Coinbase · Remote - USA
About this role
**Software Engineer-1 — Coinbase (Remote-first)** Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? Coinbase is uncompromising on its mission to increase economic freedom. This is a remote-first, but not remote-only, environment—expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called **“surges.”** --- ## About the team Join the **Money Movement** team within the **Developer** product group. You’ll help build the infrastructure powering the future of global payments. CDP brings together **payments, trading, wallets, and stablecoins** through a single onboarding flow and self-service APIs. You’ll design and build **backend systems** for **stablecoin-based pay-ins, payouts, deposits, and withdrawals**, enabling fast, secure, and scalable transfers across the Coinbase ecosystem and beyond. --- ## What you’ll do - Own key projects end-to-end as the **Directly Responsible Individual (DRI)**, driving stablecoin-based money movement features from system design through production deployment. - Build backend systems, infrastructure, and internal/external APIs that enable businesses and partners to embed stablecoin-powered payments into their products. - Partner with **Product, Design, Infrastructure, and Compliance** to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions balancing speed, security, and regulatory needs. - Execute **performance, scalability, and reliability** improvements across distributed systems—identify bottlenecks and drive fixes before they impact customers. - Support engineering quality through **code reviews**, architectural best practices, and contributing to patterns that raise the technical bar. --- ## Required skills & experience - **2+ years** of software engineering experience building and operating backend systems (ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto). - Proficiency in backend languages (e.g., **Go, Java**) and cloud infrastructure (e.g., **AWS, GCP**), with hands-on experience designing **distributed systems** and **APIs**. - Track record of serving as **DRI** for technical projects, driving end-to-end delivery from design through production. - Experience integrating with or building on blockchain/crypto technologies such as **stablecoins**, on-chain payments, or smart contract platforms (e.g., **Ethereum, Solana, Base**). - Ability to write technical design documents and communicate architecture trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders. - Uses **generative AI responsibly**, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. --- ## Pay transparency - **Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $152,405–$179,300 USD** - Total compensation may also include **equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits** (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). --- ## Notes - **Application limit:** Candidates may submit a maximum of **3 applications within a 6-month period**. - **Equal Opportunity Employer:** Coinbase considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable laws. - **Accommodations:** If you need a reasonable accommodation, email **accommodations[at]coinbase.com**. **Job ID:** P78197
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