Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience mid

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Payment Rails) builds scalable payment systems, owning backend services end-to-end and partnering with product, compliance, and finance to enable fast, secure money movement at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Design and build scalable payment systems that process millions of transactions daily
Own backend services end-to-end from architecture through production
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Compliance, and Finance
Drive technical vision and roadmap for Payment Rails
Mentor teammates and contribute to engineering culture

Technical Overview

Backend services design and operation at scale using Go; distributed systems, APIs, microservices, relational databases, monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization. Familiarity with generative AI tools and copilots used in daily workflows.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior backend engineer with 5+ years of experience, strong Go (Golang) skills, and a track record of building and operating production-grade, high-volume systems. They should be comfortable with distributed architectures, production observability, and collaborating across product, design, compliance, and finance.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of backend software engineering experienceGo (preferred) or similar languagesExperience designing and operating production services at scaleMonitoringalertingincident responseDistributed systemsAPIs and system designMentoring teammatesCross-functional collaborationAbility to use generative AI tools in daily workflows

Nice-to-Have Skills

Payment systems experienceBanking integrationsFintech infrastructureBlockchain technologyStablecoinsCrypto payment flowsOn-chain activity familiarity (EthereumENSdApps)Rapid growth experience

Required Skills

5+ years backend software engineering experienceGo (preferred) or similarproduction services at scalemonitoring/alerting/incident responsedistributed systemsAPIssystem designmentoringcross-functional collaborationgenerative AI tools

Hard Skills

GoGolangBackend developmentDistributed systemsAPIsMicroservicesRelational databasesSQLMonitoringIncident responsePerformance optimizationGenerative AI toolsCopilots

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationstakeholder managementmentoringleadershipproblem-solvingteamwork

Industry & Role

Industry Fintech

Job Function Develop and operate high-throughput backend services for Coinbase's Payment Rails platform using Go, across the full lifecycle from architecture to production.

Role Subtype Backend Engineer

Tech Domains SQL / PostgreSQL

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior Software EngineerBackendGoGolangDistributed systemsAPIsMicroservicesRelational databasesSQLMonitoringIncident responsePerformance optimizationProduction servicesGenerative AI toolsCopilotsCross-functional collaborationMentoringFintechPayment railsBanking integrations

Deal Breakers

Lack of Go (or equivalent) proficiency, Insufficient experience with production-grade distributed systems, No experience with monitoring/incident response

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