Senior Software Engineer, Institutional, Financing
Coinbase
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This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$201,437 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $213k versus about $176k for comparable roles.
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Coinbase Global is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform where consumers can buy, sell, and store digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange & Financial Technology
Coinbase currently has 89 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $186,065–$218,900 across 79 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Software Engineer (Institutional, Settlements & Transfers), you will join the Foundations team within the Institutional group to own backend systems powering the secure movement of funds across fiat, crypto, and internal ledgers. You will be responsible for designing, building, and scaling infrastructure for transaction processing, settlement, and asset transfers. Your daily work involves driving technical direction, mentoring engineers, performing rigorous code reviews, and implementing architectural improvements to reduce tech debt and improve reliability. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product vision into technical roadmaps while troubleshooting production issues in distributed systems. The role requires expertise in Go or similar backend languages, relational data stores like Postgres, and message-based architectures such as Kafka. You must demonstrate proficiency in system design, performance optimization, and the responsible use of generative AI tools.
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