# Staff Software Engineer
**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $218K-$257K
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Go, Backend Development, Distributed Systems, Service-Oriented Architecture, Cloud Technologies, Financial Data Pipelines, Multi-Tenant Architectures, Fault-Tolerant Systems, API Design
**Posted:** 2026-06-10
> Staff Software Engineer on the Financial Engineering team owning multi-year architecture and technical strategy for Coinbase's financial data pipelines, reporting systems, and backend infrastructure in Go.
## Job Description
## What you'll do

- Own the multi-year technical strategy and architecture for Coinbase's financial data pipelines, reporting systems, and operational infrastructure, defining how these systems scale across entities, currencies, and product lines.
- Drive the design and delivery of new backend services in Golang, applying modern cloud technology and setting the engineering standards that solve novel financial engineering problems at increasing scale.
- Lead high-stakes initiatives to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and auditability of financial data, proactively identifying systemic risks and architecting resilient solutions before issues arise.
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Compliance, and other Platform teams to translate complex financial and regulatory requirements into scalable, well-tested technical solutions that future-proof Coinbase's financial infrastructure.
- Shape the team's technical culture by mentoring senior engineers, leading design reviews, and establishing architectural patterns and coding standards that elevate the bar across Financial Engineering and adjacent orgs.

## Required Skills and Experience

- 8+ years of backend software development experience, including designing, building, and scaling large-scale distributed systems in production with a strong understanding of service-oriented architecture.
- Led platform-building efforts that transformed fragmented services into coherent, reusable systems (e.g., shared frameworks, unified APIs, multi-tenant architectures) within financial or transactional domains.
- Deep expertise in Go (or similar backend languages) with proven ability to architect fault-tolerant, highly reliable systems handling high-volume financial data across multiple entities and currencies.
- Track record of setting technical direction across teams, influencing roadmaps, and driving alignment with both technical and non-technical stakeholders through staff-level architecture and strategy forums.
- Proven ability to translate complex financial, accounting, or compliance requirements into well-structured, maintainable systems that operate with precision at scale.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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