Lead Backend Software Engineer Jobs

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 . Join the EAA Compliance CXAE team within the Platform group as a Software Engineer building AI-first platforms that transform how CX Compliance agents work. This team owns the tools, services, and applications that streamline compliance and KYC processes, helping resolve customer issues faster with greater accuracy. You'll build full-stack applications using Golang and React that enable compliance agents to increase productivity, drive automation, and deliver impact at scale through custom development and third-party integrations. What you'll do: Build end-to-end user-facing features using Golang, React, and cloud technologies for CX compliance agent platforms Lead assessment, selection, and implementation of third-party tools and vendor integrations that extend platform capabilities Drive cross-functional outcomes on complex problems in collaboration with product, design, security, data, and peer engineering teams Own technical architecture decisions and implement scalable, high-traffic services across event-driven and distributed systems Mentor engineers on design techniques, coding standards, testing practices, and deployment processes Required Skills and Experience: 4+ years of production software engineering experience building large-scale systems with Golang, React, and cloud technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) Demonstrated experience integrating third-pa

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 . Senior Associate, FCM The FCM Operations team supports Coinbase Financial Markets, Inc. across US Futures, Prediction Markets, and Options by managing back-office operations including trade flow management, position management, margin monitoring, regulatory reporting, and business analytics. As a Senior Associate, FCM, you'll own exception management and operational readiness for new product launches, ensuring our derivatives infrastructure scales reliably while meeting regulatory expectations. What you'll do: Own exception management across cash, positions, trades, and margin, including triage, investigation, resolution, and implementation of durable fixes Lead operational readiness for new product launches, covering UAT/test case design, playbooks, cutover plans, and post-launch stabilization Partner with Product, Risk, Compliance, Accounting, and Engineering to design processes, controls, and reporting that scale and meet regulatory expectations Establish monitoring and exception reporting frameworks (SLAs, KPIs, dashboards) and run incident triage with clear escalation paths Drive root cause analysis and post-mortems, translating learnings into product and process improvements Identify and implement automation and tooling to reduce operational friction and manual work Required Skills and Experience: 5+ years in financial services or fintech operations with FCM, b

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 . As a Senior Counsel, Shareholder Litigation on the Litigation team, you'll manage and drive Coinbase's defense across securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and related complex civil litigation. This team sits within Legal - Litigation and handles some of the highest-stakes disputes the company faces, from federal securities claims to corporate governance disputes. You'll serve as the primary in-house point of contact for these proceedings, shaping strategy from pleadings through resolution and advising senior leadership and the board on litigation risk. What you'll do: Own the day-to-day management of securities class actions brought under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including pleadings strategy, discovery, motions practice, expert work, and settlement negotiations. Lead the defense of shareholder derivative litigation, including pre-suit demand letters and attendant matters. Partner cross-functionally with corporate and commercial legal teams on a variety of issues including public company filings. Manage and direct outside litigation counsel from case inception through resolution, including pleadings strategy, discovery, motions practice, expert work, and settlement negotiations. Monitor developments in corporate law and other relevant jurisdictions and proactively advise on how emerging case law may affect

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 . The Senior Manager, Clearing Operations will own the end-to-end post-trade clearing function for Coinbase Derivatives Exchange (CDE), serving as the primary interface with external clearinghouses, clearing members, and FCM counterparties. This role on our Finance team is central to scaling Coinbase's CFTC-regulated derivatives, options, and prediction markets operations to industry-leading institutional standards. What you'll do: Own day-to-day clearing, settlement, margin, and position reconciliation across CDE, including incident management and escalation with Engineering, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and external counterparties. Lead relationships with external clearinghouses, clearing members, FCM counterparties, and regulators, ensuring timely resolution of clearing issues and strong institutional partnerships. Drive the development and continuous improvement of clearing procedures, controls, and risk frameworks to meet CFTC regulatory standards across listed derivatives, options, and prediction markets. Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure clearing infrastructure supports new product launches, including emerging prediction market structures, through operational readiness testing and mock-day exercises. Build and scale a high-performing clearing operations team, establishing KPIs, SLAs, workflows, and succession plans that grow with Coinbase. Support regul

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 . As a Staff Software Engineer on the Staking Platform team within the Platform group, you'll serve as Coinbase's definitive Solana staking technical authority, owning strategy across validator operations, staking integrations, and protocol evolution. Coinbase operates one of the largest Solana staking operations in the world, managing approximately 9.25% of all staked SOL. You'll combine deep Solana protocol mastery with hands-on engineering execution and external ecosystem influence to shape Coinbase's Solana staking trajectory. What you'll do: Own Coinbase's multi-year technical strategy for Solana staking across validator performance, protocol participation, and product integration, connecting engineering decisions to yield optimization, cost efficiency, and customer growth. Lead the engineering effort to achieve industry-leading APY through validator optimization, including vote accuracy, block production, MEV strategies, commission tuning, and stake distribution tooling. Serve as Coinbase's foremost authority on the Solana runtime, consensus mechanism, staking economics, and validator client landscape (Agave, Firedancer), evaluating protocol upgrades (e.g., SIMD proposals) and proactively positioning Coinbase for changes before they land. Partner with Retail and Institutional Staking product and engineering teams to architect scalable staking integrations across

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 Customer Experience and Engagement product team as its founding design hire, owning end-to-end design across Coinbase's AI-first customer support platform. The team builds the Help Center, Chatbot, Voicebot, and the premium Concierge support experience embedded inside the Coinbase app, with a mission to automate 90%+ of customer interactions by EOY 2026 while delivering the highest-quality support experience in fintech. You'll define the design vision across this full product surface and shape how millions of customers get help, driving measurable impact on automation quality, customer satisfaction, and Concierge revenue. What you’ll do: Own end-to-end design vision and execution across the full CX product surface, spanning Help Center, Chatbot, Voicebot, and the in-app Concierge support experience. Drive MVP and future-state concepts across the AI-powered support ecosystem, including self-service flows, conversational interactions, escalation paths, and proactive outreach surfaces. Lead design for Concierge, Coinbase's premium support product, translating a $50M+ revenue goal into a high-touch, differentiated in-app experience. Partner with Product, Engineering, and CX Operations to ground design decisions in real support data, automation performance metrics, and customer satisfaction signals. Shape a reusable design system p

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 . As a Solutions Architect on the Sales, Trading and Prime team, you'll help scale our B2B products by bridging technical field engagement with hands-on software development. You'll work directly with customers, from startups to large institutions, as a trusted technical advisor while contributing to open source projects and extending Coinbase's core products to unlock strategic client opportunities. This role involves substantial coding, and candidates must be actively developing and delivering software in their current role. What you’ll do: Partner with customers as a trusted technical advisor, guiding them in building on Coinbase services and APIs and deepening relationships as they scale. Collaborate with sales teams to address prospect technical requirements and support deal closure. Architect distributed systems solutions for complex customer needs and build open source SDKs and reference implementations. Lead customer implementations end-to-end, delivering technical presentations, resolving roadblocks, and partnering with support teams to ensure success. Drive collaboration with product and engineering teams to extend core capabilities for strategic client opportunities. Required skills and experience: Degree in computer science and 3+ years of software engineering experience, including expert-level proficiency with REST and WebSocket APIs and production experie

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 . The IT Tooling team sits within IT Support & Services (ITSS) and builds the automations that power ITSS's own operations. Our in-house bot, Ask IT, deflects the majority of company-wide IT requests before they reach a human. Beyond that, we automate ITSS's core day-to-day workflows — ticket triage, access reviews, onboarding and offboarding — which employees experience as self-service. You'll own technical domains within the IT Tooling platform and partner with regional IT teams across APAC, EMEA, and AMER through platforms including n8n, Jira, Okta, Airflow, and Temporal. What You'll Do Own the technical architecture of IT Tooling automations, driving design decisions on system structure, integration patterns, and tooling across n8n, Airflow, Temporal, and Jira Establish architecture standards and code review practices that raise the team's overall engineering bar Lead as technical DRI on the most complex, highest-impact automation projects, from discovery and design through production delivery Partner with Security, Corporate Engineering, and IAM to resolve technical blockers and represent the team in cross-functional architecture discussions Build shared frameworks and reusable components that reduce single points of failure across the platform Produce architecture documentation and decision records that enable the team to scale with minimal dependency

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 . Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Identity Verification As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the Identity Verification team within the Platform group, you'll own the ML systems that determine whether a person, document, and capture session are legitimate. Every signup, account recovery, and high-risk action at Coinbase depends on these models. You'll lead the technical strategy for IDV ML end-to-end, from architecture through production enforcement, protecting the integrity of millions of accounts. What you'll do: Own the full IDV ML stack, including document authenticity models, 1:1 and 1:N face-match, liveness detection, presentation-attack detection, and deepfake/injection detection from feature pipeline through threshold tuning and production enforcement. Build identity-graph systems using GNNs that cluster accounts sharing biometric, device, and document signals to detect synthetic-identity rings and coordinated fraud at onboarding. Develop behavioral and device-intelligence models for capture-session anomaly detection, bot-vs-human classification, and device-fingerprint-based risk scoring at real-time latency. Drive vendor ML strategy by benchmarking external models against a Coinbase-owned evaluation set, designing dynamic routing logic across providers and geographies, and building the in-house evaluation layer that catches regressions before they reac

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 . We're hiring a Senior Product Marketing Manager to own enterprise and B2B product marketing for Base , focused on financial markets. The Base Marketing team drives adoption of Base as the default chain for enterprises building onchain. You'll set the go-to-market strategy for institutional use cases, build the proof engine that turns enterprise wins into pipeline, and lead the launches that position Base as the infrastructure layer for onchain trading, lending, and tokenization. What you'll do: Own the enterprise GTM roadmap for Base financial markets, including positioning, messaging, segmentation, and launch strategy across institutional use cases (trading, lending, tokenization). Build a repeatable enterprise proof engine: written case studies, sales-enablement collateral, solution briefs, and flagship video content mapped to priority customer profiles. Lead cross-functional launches with Product, BD, CDP, DevRel, Comms, Legal, and Compliance, translating complex and regulated capabilities into clear narratives for business buyers. Drive competitive and market intelligence for enterprise crypto, bringing the voice of the enterprise customer into the product roadmap. Define and report the metrics that matter - pipeline influence, partner amplification, launch performance, and adoption - then optimize against them. Shape the working model for Base's enterprise marke

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 . Team/ Role Paragraph: The Knowledge Systems team builds the infrastructure powering accurate knowledge across customer self-service, internal tools, and AI-assisted support. As Technical Program Manager, you will translate knowledge strategy into technical execution. This is a systems-focused role bridging customer experience, knowledge operations, and technical delivery to build the foundation required to scale support without scaling headcount linearly. What you’ll do: Own technical programs that improve the systems, tooling, and workflows behind customer self-service, internal support knowledge, and AI-assisted discovery (e.g., RAG pipelines, semantic search, and agentic workflows). Drive cross-functional alignment across Knowledge Systems, engineering, product, and partner teams to translate complex knowledge taxonomies and unstructured data into clear technical specifications, APIs, schemas, and execution plans. Lead the planning and delivery of high-leverage initiatives such as workflow automation, knowledge system modernization, CMS improvements, metadata and structure enhancements, and launch-readiness tooling. Partner with Knowledge Systems leads to ensure knowledge is accurate, structured for machine-readability and actionability, ready ahead of launch, and governed appropriately for customer, specialist, and compliance needs. Build and run an

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 . As a Machine Learning Engineer on the CX Intelligence team within Enterprise Applications and Architecture, you'll build the AI-powered conversational systems that connect Coinbase's Help Center, chatbots, and agent workflows. The team owns the multi-agent platform powering Coinbase Chat and agent tooling, partnering with Conversation Design, CX, and Engineering to deliver secure, scalable automated support. You'll lead the design and implementation of a unified orchestration layer that coordinates interactions between vendor AI, internal multi-agent systems, and human participants, directly improving how millions of customers get help. What you'll do: Architect and deploy the orchestration layer that manages state transitions, context sharing, and intent routing across vendor and internal LLM frameworks in a distributed conversational environment. Build production-grade Python services that bridge advanced ML/AI research with reliable, measurable customer-facing products. Lead end-to-end project execution for complex ML initiatives, managing priorities, technical trade-offs, and cross-functional dependencies from design through delivery. Establish best practices for system design, coding standards, and AI/ML development workflows across the team. Mentor engineers on architectural integrity and modern AI/ML patterns, raising the technical bar for the broader team. Co

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 . As a Risk & Monitoring Analyst IV on the Operational Risk and Controls (ORC) team within Global Financial Crimes Operations (GFCO), you'll own quality assurance reviews of TMS investigations that support Coinbase's AML/CFT program. You'll strengthen consistency in case execution, surface procedural gaps, and partner across Operations, Compliance, Analytics, and Learning & Development to turn quality insights into measurable operational improvements. What you'll do: Review TMS cases against established QA rubrics, including core sampling for regulatory filings (SARs) and risk-based sampling across priority compliance areas. Lead calibration sessions, office hours, and structured analyst support to drive consistency and deepen understanding of complex procedural requirements. Conduct root cause analysis on thematic quality issues and translate findings into actionable recommendations for process, training, and procedural updates. Partner with second line of defense stakeholders and deliver timely, well-supported responses to review and audit findings. Build and present weekly metrics, dashboards, and trend analyses that highlight risks, performance themes, and improvement opportunities to senior stakeholders. Train new joiners, validate practice cases, and provide structured feedback to accelerate analyst readiness and quality performance. Required Skills and E

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 . Software Engineer - Compliance CXAE (Charlotte, NC) As a Software Engineer on the EAA Compliance CXAE team within the Platform group, you'll build the AI-first applications and services that power how CX Compliance agents work every day. This team is responsible for the platforms, tools, and integrations that streamline compliance processes, helping agents resolve customer issues and KYC workflows faster, with greater accuracy, and at scale. You'll own full-stack feature delivery across Golang and React, ship third-party integrations, and directly improve the productivity and compliance experience for millions of Coinbase customers. This role requires you to be based in Charlotte, NC and is not eligible for fully remote work. What you'll do: Own end-to-end development of user-facing features across the compliance agent platform using Golang, React, and cloud technologies, from design through production deployment. Lead assessment, selection, and implementation of third-party tools and vendor integrations that extend platform capabilities and accelerate delivery. Partner with product, design, security, and data teams to deliver cross-functional solutions to complex compliance and CX problems. Build and maintain scalable, high-traffic services leveraging event-driven architectures, caching, load balancing, and observability tooling across AWS and Kubernetes. Ment

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 . Staff Software Engineer (EAA) The Customer Experience (EAA-CX) sub-organization within Coinbase's Enterprise Applications and Architecture (EAA) group builds and operates the secure, Tier-1 platforms that power internal investigative and support workflows for approximately 7,000 specialists across CX, Compliance, Legal, Global Investigations, and Trust and Risk. As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll operate as a technical anchor across 8 globally distributed EAA-CX engineering squads, identifying high-leverage AI and developer-experience opportunities, architecting solutions on Coinbase's production AI infrastructure, and driving platform excellence that raises Tier-1 engineering quality across the portfolio. What you'll do: Own the EAA-CX AI maturity and developer-experience roadmap in partnership with engineering leadership, embedding with squads to surface opportunities, prototyping on Coinbase's existing AI platform, and driving adoption through working demos and feedback loops. Lead platform excellence workstreams that improve reliability, observability, change-failure rate, and operational readiness for Tier-1 systems, partnering with engineering managers to ensure practices persist on the teams. Define build-versus-buy strategy for developer-experience and AI tooling across EAA-CX, evaluating what to build internally, adopt from partner teams, procure from vend