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You will own the end‑to‑end design, implementation, and launch of new financing products and features, as well as the backend services, APIs, and frameworks that manage loan lifecycles, risk calculations, and real‑time position tracking.
5+ years of backend software engineering experience building high‑reliability financial systems, with proven expertise in Go, Java or similar languages, service‑oriented architectures, distributed systems, relational databases, gRPC/Protobuf, cloud‑native observability, and a history of mentoring engineers.
Financing is the backbone of Coinbase’s Prime Brokerage, enabling institutional clients to leverage positions and earn yield, which drives recurring revenue, boosts trading activity, and keeps billions of dollars of assets on the platform.
Candidates who thrive on high‑stakes, high‑impact financial infrastructure, enjoy full product ownership, excel in a fast‑paced, remote‑first environment, and are motivated to lead technical initiatives and raise engineering standards.
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Financing Engineering team within the Institutional group, you'll design, build, and scale the systems that safely manage billions of dollars in loans across Portfolio Margin, Trade Finance, Agency Lending, Bilateral Lending, and more. Financing is foundational to the Prime Brokerage business, enabling customers to use leverage on trading positions and generate yield on long holdings. You'll own critical backend services that drive recurring revenue, increase trading activity, and keep institutional assets on platform.
Position ID: P78165
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