Senior Staff Software Engineer (Payments)

Join Coinbase as a Senior Staff Software Engineer (Payments) and lead the engineering vision for Payments. You will architect and evolve the core Payments platform, drive the multi-quarter technical strategy, and lead cross-team initiatives. You will also provide technical mentorship to senior engineers and represent Payments in executive forums. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in building and operating large-scale distributed systems, deep expertise in backend programming, and strong financial acumen.

• Definir y dirigir la estrategia técnica a largo plazo para los sistemas de pagos, abarcando la integración de rieles, la orquestación y las transferencias.
• Arquitectar y evolucionar la plataforma de pagos central, asegurando alta disponibilidad, baja latencia y eficiencia de costos a escala global.
• Establecer y hacer cumplir los estándares técnicos para la corrección financiera en todos los caminos de movimiento de dinero.
• Proven track record designing highly available, high‑performance systems
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear and actionable solutions
• Experience leading cross‑functional technical initiatives and mentoring senior engineers
• Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks before they occur and take decisive, proactive measures
• 10+ years building and operating large‑scale distributed systems in production
• Deep money‑movement architecture experience (PSPs, ISO 20022, routing, double‑entry, high‑volume payment systems)
• Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and cloud‑native architecture
• Commitment to technical excellence, sharing best practices, and fostering a strong engineering culture
• Experience designing and operating ledgering or trading systems at large scale
• Strong financial acumen with experience handling accounting data and financial transactions with high precision and reliability
• Experience collaborating closely with finance and accounting teams