Job Description
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 work culture 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.
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 work culture 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.
Join the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) Money Movement team and help build the infrastructure powering the future of global finance.
CDP brings together payments trading wallets and stablecoins through a single onboarding flow and self-service APIs. Our mission is to make it easy for businesses to embed crypto-native financial capabilities into their products — securely reliably and at global scale.
On the Money Movement team we’re building the core infrastructure for stablecoin-based payments enabling fast secure and scalable transfers across borders and platforms. This work underpins how value moves across the Coinbase ecosystem and beyond.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design build and maintain backend systems and infrastructure that power stablecoin pay-ins payouts deposits and withdrawals.
- Serve as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for key projects driving them from design to production with high accountability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including product design infrastructure and compliance—to deliver robust and scalable solutions.
- Work closely with teams across Coinbase (e.g. CDP Payments API Onramp APIs CoinBiz) to integrate stablecoin functionality into core products.
- Help build internal and external APIs that make it easy for businesses and partners to leverage stablecoin-powered money movement.
- Identify and address performance scalability and reliability challenges across systems.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a strong inclusive and high-performing engineering culture.
- Stay up to date on the evolving crypto ecosystem identifying opportunities to improve utility adoption and innovation in stablecoin infrastructure.
What we look for in you:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering.
- Proven experience building and operating large-scale backend systems ideally in fintech payments or crypto.
- Strong proficiency in backend technologies (e.g. Go Java or similar) and cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS GCP).
- Deep understanding of distributed systems APIs and system design.
- Experience working with crypto or blockchain technologies is a strong plus—but not required.
- A product-minded approach to engineering—you care about the “why” behind what you build.
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive projects end-to-end as a DRI.
- Collaborative spirit and ability to work cross-functionally with product design and engineering teams.
- Enthusiasm for building foundational technology in a fast-moving high-impact space.
Why This Role Matters
Stablecoins are becoming a core primitive for global payments. In this role you’ll help define how businesses of all sizes move money instantly and securely — shaping real-world financial infrastructure at massive scale.
Nice to haves:
- Prior experience working with stablecoins DeFi protocols or on-chain payments.
- Familiarity with smart contract platforms (e.g. Ethereum Solana Base) and related developer tools.
- Contributions to open-source crypto or blockchain projects.
- Experience building multi-chain or cross-chain applications.
- Knowledge of regulatory or compliance considerations in crypto payments.
- Interest in or experience with tokenomics financial primitives or digital asset infrastructure.
- Previous experience in a startup or hyper-growth environment where you had to wear multiple hat
Job #: P70177
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)).
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 OpportunityCoinbase 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 Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program 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[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here).
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AI DisclosureFor 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
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering
- Proven experience building and operating large-scale backend systems ideally in fintech payments or crypto
- Strong proficiency in backend technologies (e.g. Go Java or similar) and cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS GCP)
- Deep understanding of distributed systems APIs and system design
- Experience working with crypto or blockchain technologies is a strong plus
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Coinbase uses a market-driven pay-for-performance approach to keep pay and bonus plans competitive. Coinbase regularly benchmarks roles against leading technology and fintech companies using external market data and reviews its compensation programs on a recurring basis to ensure salary bonus and equity remain aligned with the broader market and business goals. Annual bonus and equity programs are tied to both company results and individual impact so when Coinbase and its people perform total rewards reflect that performance.
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What We Do
Crypto creates economic freedom by ensuring that people can participate fairly in the economy and Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. We’re updating the century-old financial system by providing a trusted platform that makes it easy for people and institutions to engage with crypto assets including trading staking safekeeping spending and fast free global transfers. We also provide critical infrastructure for onchain activity and support builders who share our vision that onchain is the new online. And together with the crypto community we advocate for responsible rules to make the benefits of crypto available around the world.
Why Work With Us
We have the opportunity to accelerate the pace of innovation in the world by building an open financial system. Our vision is to create more economic freedom in the world to help people control their own wealth start companies have financial privacy and participate in the global economy. And to get us there we focus build and move as a team.
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