Senior Software Engineer (Institutional, Client Lifecycle)

Coinbase
United States
Remote

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Coinbase filed 40 H-1B positions titled "Software Engineer". Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

Candidates with institutional finance domain expertise and strong backend development skills will find this role in a high-integrity, regulated environment with a remote-first but in-person-intensive work arrangement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of backend experience in regulated financial domains, particularly onboarding and access control systems
    — “Comfort working in regulated, high-integrity domains such as identity, access control, KYC/AML, or financial onboarding.”
  • Individuals who have led or designed core services in production environments with high test coverage and structured code reviews
    — “Demonstrated practice of writing well-tested, production-grade code with high test coverage and structured code review habits.”
  • Engineers with experience in Go, gRPC/Protobuf, and relational data stores who can shape institutional workflows
    — “Production experience with Go (or similar), gRPC/Protobuf, relational data stores, and observability tooling.”

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person 'surges' are mandatory despite the remote-first model, requiring travel and in-office presence
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.””
  • The role requires a strong ability to collaborate across multiple cross-functional teams, including compliance and product
    — “Partner with Product, Compliance, Onboarding Ops, Identity, and Prime product teams to ship onboarding and access controls for new products.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with institutional client onboarding and automated compliance workflows in your resume and interviews
    — “Drive onboarding automation including automated screening, risk scoring, and auto-provisioning so low-risk clients complete onboarding without an ops ticket.”
  • Emphasize leadership in backend service design, especially with data quality and entity uniqueness
    — “Lead design and implementation of Organizations Service as the source of truth for institutional client data, including data quality, entity uniqueness, and Salesforce decoupling.”
  • Showcase your ability to mentor and improve team practices through design reviews and incident response
    — “Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through design reviews, incident response, and operational excellence.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to apply generative AI responsibly in regulated environments to improve workflow efficiency
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • own backend services for institutional client onboarding
  • drive onboarding automation
Typical background
5+ years of backend engineering experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Production Backend ServicesGoGrpc/protobufRelational Data StoresObservability ToolingHigh Test CoverageCode Review Habits

Preferred

Regulated DomainsKyc/amlFinancial Onboarding

Stack & domain

GoGrpc/protobufRelational Data StoresObservability ToolingWriting Well-tested, Production-grade CodeHigh Test CoverageStructured Code Review HabitsRegulated, High-integrity DomainsGenerative AI ResponsiblyIdentityAccess ControlKyc/amlFinancial Onboarding

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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 Senior Software Engineer, Backend on the Client Lifecycle team within the Institutional group, you'll own the backend systems that take institutional clients from application to first trade and keep them operating independently once they're live. You'll design and scale Unified Business Onboarding, KYC Refresh, provisioning, and the access-control stack, partnering closely with Compliance, Identity, Onboarding Ops, and every Prime product team to ship onboarding and access controls for new products.

What you'll do:

Own backend services that move institutional clients from application to first trade, including Unified Business Onboarding, KYC Refresh, and provisioning.

Drive onboarding automation, including automated screening, risk scoring, and auto-provisioning, so low-risk clients complete onboarding without an ops ticket.

Lead design and implementation of Organizations Service as the source of truth for institutional client data, including data quality, entity uniqueness, and Salesforce decoupling.

Partner with Product, Compliance, Onboarding Ops, Identity, and Prime product teams to ship onboarding and access controls for new products including FCM, Hudson derivatives, and Prime Custody.

Shape the access-control stack (roles, permissions, policies, and consensus) so complex institutions can operate on Prime without opening a ticket.

Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through design reviews, incident response, and operational excellence.

Required skills and experience:

5+ years of backend software engineering experience, including designing, building, and maintaining production services at scale.

Production experience with Go (or similar), gRPC/Protobuf, relational data stores, and observability tooling.

Track record of composing and scaling service-oriented architectures with demonstrated practice of writing well-tested, production-grade code.

Experience working in regulated, high-integrity domains such as identity, access control, KYC/AML, or financial onboarding.

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID:  P78291

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Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). 

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$186,065—$218,900 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Source: Coinbase careers

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