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# Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Payment Rails)

- **Company:** Coinbase, Inc.
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $218,025.0 - $256,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Distributed Systems, Payment Systems, Fault Tolerance, Payment Gateway, Blockchain, Software Engineering, Backend, Stripe
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.phoenixjobs.com/job.asp?id=3336267721&tx=KP7575FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
 * Experience building payment systems, financial infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems.
 * You've designed and built fault-tolerant, highly reliable distributed systems at scale-with a demonstrable track record of architecting systems that handle billions of dollars in transaction volume.
 * Platform-builder mindset: you've led efforts to turn fragmented services and bespoke integrations into coherent, reusable platforms (e.g., shared frameworks, unified APIs, multi-tenant architectures).
 * Strong operational excellence: experience owning production reliability, leading high-severity incident response, and driving systemic improvements from postmortems across multiple teams or domains.
 * Collaborative leadership: history of influencing across teams and organizations without direct authority, driving consensus on high-impact technical decisions, and representing your area in org-level forums.
 * Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

Nice to haves:

 * Experience with payment processors, banking integrations, or payment gateways (e.g., Stripe, Plaid, SWIFT, ACH, SEPA, card networks).
 * Background in crypto or blockchain technologies, including familiarity with stablecoin transfers, on-chain settlements, or cross-chain payment flows.
 * Experience working in highly regulated industries where safety, compliance, and user trust are paramount-particularly in fintech or financial services.



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