[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (FinHub - Transfer)

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is a leading company in the financial technology sector, dedicated to increasing economic freedom. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Platform FinHub Transfers team, responsible for owning the technical strategy and architecture for systems that manage crypto and fiat fund movements. This role involves driving cross-team initiatives, building scalable distributed systems, and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance platform capabilities. Responsibilities Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Transfers platform, making key design decisions on fund movement orchestration, routing, and reliability across crypto and fiat rails Drive cross-team initiatives that span multiple product groups (Retail, Prime, Exchange, Payments, International), building alignment with stakeholders and turning ambiguous requirements into scoped technical plans Build and scale high-throughput, fault-tolerant distributed systems that process billions of dollars in daily transaction volume with the correctness and auditability standards of financial infrastructure Lead the evolution of engineering processes, quality standards, and architectural patterns across the team, raising the bar through design reviews and hands-on mentorship Partner with Product, Finance, Risk, and Compliance to translate business and regulatory requirements into platform capabilities that unlock new fund movement corridors and product launches Skills 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a track record of designing and building fault-tolerant, highly reliable distributed systems at scale Demonstrated ownership of technical strategy and roadmap for a platform or service area, including making architectural trade-offs with significant organizational impact Proven experience architecting solutions to ambiguous, cross-team problems, driving alignment across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders to deliver results Deep experience with ledgering, transfers, payments, or trading systems that process high-precision financial transactions at scale Track record of elevating team technical quality through mentorship, design reviews, and engineering process improvements Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality Benefits Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)) Company Overview Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It is a sub-organization of Coinbase. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https//www.coinbase.com.

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