Coinbase

Financial Services

StaffSoftwareEngineer,Backend-Platform(FinHubTooling)

$218–257k United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (FinHub Tooling) at Coinbase. Skills: Platform architecture, AI tooling, High-reliability systems. Own technical strategy. Own architecture”

What You'll Achieve.

Transform operational efficiency; Drive measurable improvements

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What You'll Do.

Own technical strategy

Drive AI-first approach

Identify AI-powered workflows

Replace manual processes

Build high-reliability systems

Serve Engineering teams

Lead cross-functional alignment

Turn initiatives into roadmaps

Strengthen team engineering quality

Define engineering processes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional alignment; Product collaboration; Payments collaboration; Senior leadership alignment

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

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 Platform FinHub Tooling team, you'll own the technical strategy and architecture for the internal platform that gives Engineering, Customer Experience, Risk, and Compliance teams operational visibility into billions of dollars in daily fund movements across crypto, fiat, and internal wallets. FinHub sits at the core of Coinbase, and the Tooling team is what makes those fund movements searchable, investigable, and remediable at scale. You'll set the technical direction for the platform, drive an AI-first approach to internal tooling, and elevate the entire team's engineering quality while maintaining high-volume individual output. What You'll Do: Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the FinHub Tooling platform, making key decisions on system design, reliability, and performance across multiple stakeholder groups. Drive an AI-first approach to internal tooling, identifying where AI-powered workflows can transform operational efficiency and replacing manual processes with intelligent automation. Build high-reliability systems that serve Engineering, CX, Risk, and Legal teams, including search, admin workflows, bulk remediation, and observability across core financial entities. Lead cross-functional alignment with Product, Payments, and senior leadership to turn ambiguous, high-impact initiatives into scoped technical roadmaps e

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