Job brief: Senior Software Engineer (Institutional, USDC)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Coinbase's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-06 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens coinbase.com, the address Coinbase's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $207,955 to $218,900 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - USA · US - Remote Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only)
• Posted: 2026-11-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Required skills and experience:
• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience, with production ownership of services handling high-reliability or financial workloads.

Main duties

• Own the design and delivery of new financing products and features, from architecture through production launch, ensuring correctness and safety across high-…
• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and frameworks that support loan lifecycle management, risk calculations, and real-time position tracking.
• Drive engineering excellence by improving developer tooling, testing infrastructure, monitoring, and operational reliability across financing systems.
• Partner with Product, Risk, Operations, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable, well-scoped technical solutions each qu…
• Lead technical initiatives that strengthen system resilience, reduce operational risk, and support the team's ability to ship safely at speed.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,112 listings, 67 employers). This listing is 14% higher.
• Across Coinbase's 187 open listings, 48% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Coinbase hires

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