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Own the technical architecture of the Transfers fund‑movement systems, driving design decisions on distributed structure, correctness guarantees, and scalability across crypto and fiat rails; lead cross‑team engineering initiatives and set engineering standards and code‑review practices.
8+ years building large‑scale distributed systems, deep backend expertise in Go, Ruby, Python or Java, cloud‑native architecture experience, a track record delivering high‑reliability financial or fund‑movement platforms, and proven ability to lead cross‑functional initiatives and mentor engineers.
Transfers powers crypto and fiat fund movements for millions of Coinbase customers across Retail, Prime, Exchange, International and Payments products, making it a critical, high‑scale component of the platform and central to Coinbase’s mission of increasing economic freedom.
A senior engineer who thrives on architecting complex, high‑correctness financial systems, enjoys leading technical initiatives across teams, and is comfortable mentoring others while handling the pressure of mission‑critical infrastructure.
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 Staff Software Engineer on the FinHub - Transfers team within the Platform group, you'll own the architectural direction of the systems that power crypto and fiat fund movements across Coinbase. The Transfers team builds one of the most critical and high-scale distributed financial platforms in the industry, enabling fund movement for Retail, Prime, Exchange, International, and Payments products. You'll make key technical decisions, drive platform reliability and scalability improvements, and lead cross-functional initiatives that directly impact how millions of customers move money on Coinbase.
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