Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Institutional -
Core
Build backend services for institutional client onboarding, provisioning, and access controls within Coinbase Prime.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (financial services)
Builds
Institutional client onboarding flows, access control stacks, and client data services for Coinbase Prime
Domain
Financial services / Institutional trading
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Go, gRPC/Protobuf, relational data stores, observability, service-oriented architecture, automated screening, risk scoring, data quality, entity uniqueness, Salesforce integration, access control design, mentorship
Preferred skills
Generative AI integration, regulated domain experience
Technologies
Go, gRPC, Protobuf, Salesforce
Responsibilities
Own backend services moving clients from application to first trade; drive onboarding automation including automated screening and risk scoring; lead design of Organizations Service as source of truth; partner with product and compliance teams to ship new products; shape access-control stack; mentor engineers and raise technical bar
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC