The Senior Software Engineer, Backend will own the design, development, and operation of backend systems for Coinbase One, a subscription membership product. This role involves building scalable platform capabilities for benefit delivery and promotions, partnering with cross-functional teams, and driving backend architecture decisions. Requires 5+ years of backend experience, particularly with subscription or payment systems, and proficiency in Go or a similar language.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Coinbase One)
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join the Coinbase One team within the Consumer & Business group. Coinbase One is Coinbase's subscription membership product, offering a suite of premium benefits that supercharge the Coinbase experience for paying members. You'll own the backend systems that power the membership lifecycle, from sign-up and payment processing to benefit delivery and targeted promotions, directly driving subscriber growth and retention for millions of customers.
What you'll do:
- Own the design, development, and operation of backend services powering the Coinbase One membership lifecycle, including sign-up flows, subscription management, and recurring payment processing
- Build scalable platform capabilities that enable targeted benefit delivery, promotional incentives, and personalized membership experiences across the Coinbase retail application
- Partner with frontend, product, design, and payments teams to scope, ship, and iterate on customer-facing membership features from concept through production
- Drive backend architecture decisions for the Coinbase One product area, establishing patterns for reliability, extensibility, and integration with broader Coinbase platform services
- Improve service reliability, observability, and performance across Coinbase One's backend stack, proactively identifying and resolving production issues
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience with a track record of shipping and operating production services at scale
- Demonstrated experience building subscription, payments, or commerce systems, including recurring billing, entitlements, or promotional logic
- Proficiency in Go or a similar backend systems language (Java, C++, Rust) with demonstrated ability to adapt to a Go-centric codebase
- Proven ability to design and maintain APIs and distributed systems that integrate across multiple product surfaces (web and mobile)
- Track record of taking ambiguous projects from scoping through production with minimal oversight, including cross-functional collaboration with product and design partners
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Pay Transparency Notice:Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$186,065—$218,900 USD
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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