Senior Software Engineer, Stablecoins

Coinbase

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $186,065–$218,900 / yr
Posted: 11 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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Similar $193k

This role $202k

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This role pays more than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About Coinbase

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 68 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Stablecoins

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Stablecoin team within the Developer group, you will build and scale Coinbase Custom Stablecoins, a platform allowing partners to launch branded, USDC-backed stablecoins. You will own the backend services and onchain contracts responsible for issuance, reserve accounting, minting, burning, and rewards distribution. Your daily work involves evolving smart contracts in a secure, auditable manner while making architectural decisions that balance security and scalability. The role requires expertise in Solidity or similar EVM languages, Golang, and Ethereum fundamentals to manage the complexities of onchain systems like auditability and key management. You will collaborate with product and design leads to deliver features for stablecoin infrastructure. This position addresses the technical challenges of managing high-value assets within a decentralized finance ecosystem while ensuring operational excellence across both backend and smart contract layers.

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Skills

Solidity Golang Ethereum EVM Smart Contracts DeFi Backend Services Key Management Stablecoin Infrastructure Service-Oriented Architecture

What you'll do

Develop and evolve smart contracts for minting, burning, and safeguarding custom stablecoin supply.
Build and scale backend services for onboarding, issuance, reserve accounting, and rewards distribution.
Drive architectural decisions across both backend systems and onchain contract surfaces.
Translate the stablecoin product roadmap into shipped features every quarter.
Ensure security, scalability, and auditability of all onchain and offchain components.
Write high-quality, well-tested code to maintain operational excellence across the team.
Manage complex trade-offs regarding security, upgradeability, and key management for onchain systems.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in software engineering, including designing, building, and operating production backend services.
Experience writing, testing, and deploying smart contracts (Solidity or similar EVM languages) in production environments.
Ability to own a service end to end and compose service-oriented architecture at scale.
Working knowledge of security and correctness tradeoffs unique to onchain systems like audits, upgradeability, access control, and key management.
Familiarity with Golang and onchain fundamentals (Ethereum or similar).
Experience building DeFi or stablecoin infrastructure (preferred).
Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight for business-ready outputs.

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