Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Developer - Foundations)
Coinbase
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Developer - Foundations)
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices/distributed architecture
- Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP
- Author technical design documents (TDDs), providing technical leadership and driving clarity across complex projects
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects through implementation, deployment, and monitoring
- Improve and maintain operational excellence standards across the team, proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability
- Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team-wide environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on backend systems
- Expertise in languages such as Golang (preferred), C, Rust or Python
- Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures
- Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development, integration and authentication protocols like OAuth and JWT
- Familiarity with AWS and containerization using Kubernetes
- Understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing public-facing APIs
- Experience building financial platforms or fintech systems
- Experience with crypto/onchain ecosystem (but not required)
Required Skills
- backend software development
- Golang, C, Rust, Python
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
- Redis, Memcached
- Kafka, RabbitMQ
- distributed systems
- microservices architecture
- event-driven architectures
- RESTful API design
- OAuth, JWT
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- web security best practices
- secure coding practices
- communication and collaboration
Benefits
- bonus eligibility
- equity eligibility
- benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Salary Range
$186065 - $218900 USD
Locations
- Canada, Canada (Remote)
- USA, United States (Remote)
Salary
186,065 - 218,900 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- backend software developmentintermediate
- Golang, C, Rust, Pythonintermediate
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDBintermediate
- Redis, Memcachedintermediate
- Kafka, RabbitMQintermediate
- distributed systemsintermediate
- microservices architectureintermediate
- event-driven architecturesintermediate
- RESTful API designintermediate
- OAuth, JWTintermediate
- AWSintermediate
- Kubernetesintermediate
- web security best practicesintermediate
- secure coding practicesintermediate
- communication and collaborationintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on backend systems (experience)
- Expertise in languages such as Golang (preferred), C, Rust or Python (experience)
- Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) (experience)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures (experience)
- Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development, integration and authentication protocols like OAuth and JWT (experience)
- Familiarity with AWS and containerization using Kubernetes (experience)
- Understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems (experience)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills (experience)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing public-facing APIs (experience)
- Experience building financial platforms or fintech systems (experience)
- Experience with crypto/onchain ecosystem (but not required) (experience)
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices/distributed architecture
- Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP
- Author technical design documents (TDDs), providing technical leadership and driving clarity across complex projects
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects through implementation, deployment, and monitoring
- Improve and maintain operational excellence standards across the team, proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability
- Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team-wide environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
Benefits
- general: bonus eligibility
- general: equity eligibility
- general: benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Developer - Foundations)
Coinbase
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Developer - Foundations)
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices/distributed architecture
- Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP
- Author technical design documents (TDDs), providing technical leadership and driving clarity across complex projects
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects through implementation, deployment, and monitoring
- Improve and maintain operational excellence standards across the team, proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability
- Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team-wide environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on backend systems
- Expertise in languages such as Golang (preferred), C, Rust or Python
- Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures
- Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development, integration and authentication protocols like OAuth and JWT
- Familiarity with AWS and containerization using Kubernetes
- Understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing public-facing APIs
- Experience building financial platforms or fintech systems
- Experience with crypto/onchain ecosystem (but not required)
Required Skills
- backend software development
- Golang, C, Rust, Python
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
- Redis, Memcached
- Kafka, RabbitMQ
- distributed systems
- microservices architecture
- event-driven architectures
- RESTful API design
- OAuth, JWT
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- web security best practices
- secure coding practices
- communication and collaboration
Benefits
- bonus eligibility
- equity eligibility
- benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Salary Range
$186065 - $218900 USD
Locations
- Canada, Canada (Remote)
- USA, United States (Remote)
Salary
186,065 - 218,900 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- backend software developmentintermediate
- Golang, C, Rust, Pythonintermediate
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDBintermediate
- Redis, Memcachedintermediate
- Kafka, RabbitMQintermediate
- distributed systemsintermediate
- microservices architectureintermediate
- event-driven architecturesintermediate
- RESTful API designintermediate
- OAuth, JWTintermediate
- AWSintermediate
- Kubernetesintermediate
- web security best practicesintermediate
- secure coding practicesintermediate
- communication and collaborationintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong focus on backend systems (experience)
- Expertise in languages such as Golang (preferred), C, Rust or Python (experience)
- Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) (experience)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven architectures (experience)
- Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API design principles and experience with API development, integration and authentication protocols like OAuth and JWT (experience)
- Familiarity with AWS and containerization using Kubernetes (experience)
- Understanding of web security best practices and experience with implementing secure coding practices for financial systems (experience)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills (experience)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing public-facing APIs (experience)
- Experience building financial platforms or fintech systems (experience)
- Experience with crypto/onchain ecosystem (but not required) (experience)
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend services in a microservices/distributed architecture
- Define internal and customer-facing APIs that serve as the building blocks for CDP
- Author technical design documents (TDDs), providing technical leadership and driving clarity across complex projects
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects through implementation, deployment, and monitoring
- Improve and maintain operational excellence standards across the team, proactively addressing technical debt and driving improvements in reliability and observability
- Participate in code reviews and on-call rotation, lead incident response, and foster a team-wide environment that welcomes constructive feedback to maintain high code quality standards
Benefits
- general: bonus eligibility
- general: equity eligibility
- general: benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
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