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# Staff Software Engineer (Platform - Financial Engineering)

- **Company:** Coinbase, Inc.
- **Location:** Little Rock, AR, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $218,025.0 - $256,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Accounting Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Ruby, Transaction Processing (Computing), Backend, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F0F0DDEC597E482AA521D9F4C496D441/job/

## About the Role

* 8+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
 * Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java) and cloud-native architecture
 * Proven track record designing highly available, high-performance systems
 * Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks and take proactive measures
 * Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives and mentoring engineers
 * Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear, actionable solutions
 * 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 financial data, accounting systems, or high-precision transaction processing OR
 * Experience in the Auth domain
 * You've worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB or DynamoDB
 * You have gone through rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size)

## Description

*Financial Engineering builds Coinbase's financial data and reporting foundations to enable accurate, timely, and auditable financial operations. The team partners closely with Finance, Accounting/Controllership, Treasury, and Product Engineering to ensure financial data is complete, reconciled, and traceable-supporting core workflows like month-end close, safeguarding, and reporting at scale.

What you'll be doing:

 * Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
 * Drive strategic technical direction for complex, cross-team initiatives
 * Establish and evolve platform best practices, frameworks, and architectural standards within the team
 * Provide deep technical mentorship, guide design decisions, and raise the bar for engineering quality
 * Collaborate with product, finance, and engineering leadership to shape the team's technical roadmap
 * Drive system improvements by embedding AI into engineering and operational practices, Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here.


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