Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Institutional -

Coinbase Careers Page$218K — $256K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in production backend services within a service-oriented architecture.
  • Proficient in Go (or similar), with knowledge of gRPC/Protobuf and relational data stores.
  • Experience with observability tooling for high-quality service management.
  • Strong coding practices with a focus on test coverage and code reviews.
  • Prior experience in regulated sectors such as finance, KYC/AML, or identity management.

Responsibilities

  • Own backend services that facilitate institutional client onboarding from application to first trade.
  • Automate onboarding processes to minimize operational ticketing for low-risk clients.
  • Lead the design of the Organizations Service for accurate institutional client data management.
  • Collaborate with multiple product teams to enhance onboarding and access controls for new financial products.
  • Establish access-control protocols that allow complex institutions to operate independently on Prime.
  • Mentor engineering teams, enhancing technical standards through reviews and incident management.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan.
  • Equity and bonus eligibility based on performance.
Full Job Description
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.

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