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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Developer - Onchain Payments)

Coinbase Developer Platform
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/28/2025

In the past few years, the foundational technology required for crypto to replace traditional payment rails has finally come online : stablecoins, cost-effective L2 networks, and Coinbase Smart Wallet. This represents a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Coinbase to disrupt the payments industry by leveraging its leading position in onchain development and deep expertise of existing fiat rails.

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To fulfill this goal, the team’s work will include both 0-1 product development and building off of the existing Coinbase Commerce product. It’s best to think of the team as a start-up within Coinbase looking to find product market fit for a radically new approach to payments.

What you’ll be doing :

  • Bring a 0-to-1 product to life to replace the global payment stack with crypto rails
  • Design, develop, and maintain a scalable, reliable, and secure payment processing backend using Go, Ruby, and Solidity
  • Work with frontend engineers to rapidly prototype user flows, gain market feedback and adjust accordingly, productionizing code as necessary
  • Build the backend orchestration for a novel open-source web3 payment protocol
  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other cross-functional partners to find product market fit
  • Leverage, maintain, and improve upon an existing legacy codebase of Coinbase Commerce
  • Follow and evangelize engineering best practices, ensuring operational excellence and sound maintenance of legacy code
  • Optimize backend performance, ensuring fast transaction processing, efficient resource utilization, and four 9’s of availability
  • Troubleshoot and debug complex fullstack issues

What we look for in you :

  • 6 years of experience in software development with a strong focus on backend development working closely with frontend engineers; crypto experience is a plus
  • Mastery of Go and / or Ruby; experience with Solidity is a plus
  • Proven track record of rapidly shipping high-quality backend systems
  • Solid understanding of Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains and experience with developing smart contracts
  • Demonstrated commitment to excellent developer experiences and open source code, especially in relation to crypto and payments
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures, including experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
  • Experience with developer operations, including Cloud providers such as AWS and containerization technologies such as Kubernetes
  • Solid understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to find elegant solutions to complex challenges in the crypto payment processing domain
  • Outstanding communication, leadership, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work together effectively with cross-functional partners
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
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