Senior Software Engineer, Institutional Financing

Coinbase

. Design, build, and scale systems that safely manage billions of dollars in loans across Portfolio Margin, Trade Finance, Agency Lending, Bilateral Lending, and more .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $207,955 - $218,900 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend software engineering with a focus on designing and scaling service-oriented architectures. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and deliver high-reliability financial systems.

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Backend Software EngineeringService-Oriented ArchitectureGo Programming LanguageDistributed SystemsMentorship and Technical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Backend Software EngineeringService-Oriented ArchitectureGo Programming LanguageJava Programming LanguageDistributed SystemsRisk CalculationsLoan Lifecycle ManagementAPIs DevelopmentCode Quality ImprovementOperational Reliability

Soft Skills

MentorshipTechnical Design ReviewsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

GRPCProtobufObservability ToolingCloud-Native Environment

Industry Keywords

Portfolio MarginTrade FinanceAgency LendingBilateral LendingOperational Risk

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGRPCJavaGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and scale systems that safely manage billions of dollars in loans across Portfolio Margin, Trade Finance, Agency Lending, Bilateral Lending, and more
Own the design and delivery of new financing products and features from architecture through production launch
Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and frameworks supporting loan lifecycle management, risk calculations, and real-time position tracking
Improve developer tooling, testing infrastructure, monitoring, and operational reliability across financing systems
Partner with Product, Risk, Operations, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Lead technical initiatives that strengthen system resilience, reduce operational risk, and support safe delivery

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of backend software engineering experience, with production ownership of services handling high-reliability or financial workloads
Proven track record designing, building, and scaling service-oriented architectures in Go, Java, or a comparable backend language
Experience building and operating distributed systems where correctness, availability, and data integrity are critical
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead technical design reviews, and raise the bar on code quality across a team
Familiarity with relational data stores, gRPC/Protobuf, and observability tooling in a cloud-native environment
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity eligibility
Bonus eligibility
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)