Senior Software Engineer, Institutional, USDC

Coinbase

. Design, build, and scale systems that safely manage billions of dollars in loans .

Posted 11/6/2026full-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.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Backend Software EngineeringService-Oriented ArchitectureGo Programming LanguageDistributed SystemsTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Backend Software EngineeringService-Oriented ArchitectureGo Programming LanguageJava Programming LanguageDistributed SystemsRisk CalculationsLoan Lifecycle ManagementAPIs DevelopmentOperational ReliabilityGenerative AI Oversight

Soft Skills

Mentoring EngineersTechnical Design ReviewsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

GRPCProtobufObservability ToolingCloud-Native EnvironmentDeveloper Tooling

Industry Keywords

Financial WorkloadsOperational RiskSystem ResilienceData IntegrityReal-Time Position Tracking

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
Own the design and delivery of financing products and features from architecture through production launch
Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and frameworks for loan lifecycle management, risk calculations, and real-time position tracking
Improve developer tooling, testing infrastructure, monitoring, and operational reliability
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
Production ownership of services handling high-reliability or financial workloads
Experience 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
Ability to mentor engineers and lead technical design reviews
Familiarity with relational data stores, gRPC/Protobuf, and observability tooling in a cloud-native environment
Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight
Must be based in the USA

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity eligibility
Bonus eligibility
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges”