Senior Software Engineer

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform - and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems.

Our is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

FinHub is at the core of Coinbase, processing and recording fund movements for our clients and our business across crypto, fiat, and internal wallets. The Finhub Tooling team builds the internal platform that powers the operational visibility, transparency, efficiency, and safety of these fund movements. Our tooling serves Engineering, Customer Experience, Risk, and Compliance teams - enabling them to search, investigate, and remediate across billions of dollars in daily transaction volume. When our platform works well, the entire organization operates faster and more safely.

What you'll be doing (ie. job duties):

• Design and build internal tooling systems that power fund movement operations - search, admin workflows, bulk remediation, and observability across core financial entities.

• Develop AI-powered workflows and tools to accelerate engineering and operational efficiency across FinHub.

• Write scalable, well-tested code with the correctness and reliability requirements of financial systems.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of projects from design through deployment and monitoring.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with CX, Risk, Compliance, Payments, and product engineering teams to understand operational needs and translate them into platform capabilities.

• Mentor junior engineers on the team; lead code reviews, on-call rotations, and incident response.

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):

• 5+ years of software development experience building large-scale distributed systems.

• Experience designing and building internal tooling, admin platforms, or developer productivity systems.

• Strong technical judgment with the ability to identify opportunities, problem areas, and the need for solutions.

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end projects with long-term impact.

• Ability to work across team boundaries with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

• Ability to mentor junior developers and lead the team technically on new initiatives.

• 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.

Nice to haves:

• Experience with financial systems, payment systems, or ledgering systems.

• You have experience building platforms that serve internal operational teams at scale.

• You have gone through rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size).

• You have experience with Blockchain technology (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.).

• You've worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.

• You've built high-reliability or security-critical systems.

• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Job #: P76351

Pay Transparency Notice: * *Depending on your work location, the target annual *base *salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$186,065-$218,900 USD

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the in certain locations, as required by law.

Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.

For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.

The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment . To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com