Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform - Core Automation) jobs in United States
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Coinbase · 2 weeks ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform - Core Automation)

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world, and they are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join their Platform Product Group. This role involves designing and implementing AI systems for customer support and compliance processes, as well as building a platform that enables automation across various domains.

BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinTechTrading Platform
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Responsibilities

Design and implement Agentic AI systems that power Coinbase’s customer support experience and compliance processes
Design a platform (primitives, orchestration platform, tools, etc.) that would allow other domains to quickly leverage Agentic AI to automate their processes
Interact with stakeholders in many different organizations that build Coinbase products or are responsible for financial operations
Participate in shaping of the strategy and execution path of Coinbase Platform
Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers

Qualification

GolangBackend software engineeringDistributed systemsFintech domain expertiseHigh throughput servicesPassion for cryptoCommunication skillsMentoringProblem-solving

Required

12 + years of experience in backend software engineering using Golang or similar languages
Domain expertise in Fintech and/or trading
Proven track record of delivering impactful solutions that power significant customer flows and processes
You've designed, built, scaled and maintained high throughput and low latency production services
You've experience in architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
Strong technical knowledge of building distributed systems that process massive scale
Solid communication skills and ability to communicate to stakeholders with various technical and non-technical backgrounds
Relentless drive to set and perseverance to achieve ambitious goals
Passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together

Preferred

Experience with LLM and Agentic AI. Measuring and improving LLMs' grounding to a given corpus and experience reducing hallucinations is a big plus
Experience in the customer support, compliance or financial crimes domains
Experience having made build/buy decisions

Benefits

Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company

Coinbase

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Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies.

H1B Sponsorship

Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (181)
2024 (92)
2023 (96)
2022 (284)
2021 (183)
2020 (66)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.46B
Key Investors
ARK Investment ManagementDFJ GrowthTiger Global Management
2025-12-19Post Ipo Equity· $4.2M
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M

Leadership Team

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Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
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Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
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