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Senior Software Engineer (Institutional, Client Lifecycle)

Coinbase· Institutional
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Hybrid (Remote - USA)$186.1k - $218.9kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Backend Engineer on the Client Lifecycle team within Institutional, owning and scaling backend systems that move institutional clients from application to first trade and manage onboarding, KYC, provisioning, and access control.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Backend software engineeringGogRPC/ProtobufRelational data storesObservability toolingIdentity and access controlOnboarding and compliance integrationGenerative AI usage

Benefits

  • Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions
  • Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period
  • Disability and Life Insurance
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Wellness Stipend
  • Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Fertility Counseling and Benefits
  • Generous Time off/Leave Policy
  • The option of getting paid in digital currency
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

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