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full-timeSenior Software Engineer, Backend (institutional -
Coinbase · Remote - USA
Coinbase is a company in the cryptocurrency and financial services sector focused on increasing economic freedom through its digital asset platform. As a Senior Software Engineer within the Institutional Foundations team, you will focus on the Client Lifecycle pillar, which manages the journey of institutional clients from their initial application to their first trade. Your daily responsibilities will involve building and maintaining backend services for onboarding, identity verification, and access control. You will lead the design of systems that automate risk scoring and client provisioning, while working to decouple institutional data from existing CRM tools. The role requires close collaboration with compliance, product, and operations teams to ensure that new financial products are supported by robust, scalable infrastructure. This position is well-suited for experienced backend engineers with a strong background in service-oriented architecture, particularly those who have worked in regulated industries like fintech or identity management. You should be comfortable working with Go, gRPC, and relational databases, and possess a strong commitment to operational excellence, code quality, and technical mentorship within a remote-first environment.
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase . You'll join the Client Lifecycle pillar within Institutional Foundations, the team that takes institutional clients from application to first trade and keeps them operating independently once they're live. You'll own core backend services spanning onboarding, provisioning, client data, and access controls, directly shaping how every institutional client gets onto Coinbase Prime. What you'll do: Own backend services that move institutional clients from application to first trade, including Unified Business Onboarding, KYC Refresh, and provisioning. Drive onboarding automation including automated screening, risk scoring, and auto-provisioning so low-risk clients complete onboarding without an ops ticket. Lead design and implementation of Organizations Service as the source of truth for institutional client data, including data quality, entity uniqueness, and Salesforce decoupling. Partner with Product, Compliance, Onboarding Ops, Identity, and Prime product teams to ship onboarding and access controls for new products including FCM, Hudson derivatives, and Prime Custody. Shape the access-control stack (roles, permissions, policies, and consensus) so complex institutions can operate on Prime without opening a ticket. Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through design reviews, incident response, and operational excellence. Required skills and experience: 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production backend services in a service-oriented architecture. Production experience with Go (or similar), gRPC/Protobuf, relational data stores, and observability tooling. Demonstrated practice of writing well-tested, production-grade code with high test coverage and structured code review habits. Comfort working in regulated, high-integrity domains such as identity, access control, KYC/AML, or financial onboarding. Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. Position ID: P78291 #LI-Remote Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $218,025 — $256,500 USD Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period. Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. US Applicants: View Employee Rights , Know Your Rights , and E-Verify Notice of Participation. Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial . Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice . US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes .
| Role | Senior Software Engineer, Backend (institutional - |
|---|---|
| Company | Coinbase |
| Location | Remote - USA |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-24 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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