Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Payment Rails)

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Payment Rails team within Coinbase's Platform organization. The successful candidate will own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Payment Rails, designing APIs, orchestration layers, and integrations that consolidate fragmented payment flows into a cohesive, multi-tenant platform.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• Experience building payment systems, financial infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems
• Design and build fault-tolerant, highly reliable distributed systems at scale
• Platform-builder mindset: lead efforts to turn fragmented services and bespoke integrations into coherent, reusable platforms
• Strong operational excellence: own production reliability, lead high-severity incident response, and drive systemic improvements

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)