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A digital currency exchange, Coinbase is used by consumers, merchants, and traders to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Fo

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 4,700Since 2012Company Site

Location

United States

Posted

6 days ago

Salary

$253.9K - $298.7K / year

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Coinbase

• Define and drive the multi‑quarter technical strategy for Payments, spanning rails, orchestration, and transfers, to support new products, geos, and significant growth in payment volume. • Architect and evolve the core Payments platform (rails integrations, routing, and funds-flow services) for high availability, low latency, and cost efficiency at global scale. • Lead end‑to‑end design and rollout of large, cross‑team initiatives (e.g., new global rails, decomp/migrations, resiliency programs), breaking high ambiguity into clear milestones and measurable outcomes. • Set and enforce technical standards for financial correctness across Payments, including idempotency, reconciliation, failure‑mode handling, and auditability for all money‑movement paths. • Partner closely with FinHub, Payments Risk, Regulatory Platform, and Product to design cohesive architectures that balance customer experience, risk controls, compliance, and unit economics. • Provide deep technical mentorship to senior/staff engineers across Payments pods, upleveling system design quality, review rigor, and long‑term maintainability. • Use data and observability signals (e.g., success rates, latency, cost, incident patterns) to identify structural platform gaps and lead systematic reliability and efficiency improvements. • Represent Payments in executive and cross‑org forums, clearly communicating tradeoffs, aligning stakeholders on strategy, and securing buy‑in for high‑impact technical bets.

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years building and operating large‑scale distributed systems in production.
  • Deep money‑movement architecture experience (PSPs, ISO 20022, routing, double‑entry, high‑volume payment systems)
  • Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and cloud‑native architecture.
  • Proven track record designing highly available, high‑performance systems.
  • Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks before they occur and take decisive, proactive measures.
  • Experience leading cross‑functional technical initiatives and mentoring senior engineers.
  • Commitment to technical excellence, sharing best practices, and fostering a strong engineering culture.
  • Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear and actionable solutions.

Benefits

  • Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility
  • medical, dental, vision, 401(k)

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