Backend Engineer

Location: Hybrid with in-person participation required throughout the year in the UK

Salary: £122,400–£136,000 GBP annually plus bonus, equity, and benefits

Coinbase is a leading platform building the future global financial system with blockchain technology.

Overview

Join the Consumer Product Group to build the next generation of crypto-forward products and features, focusing on backend systems that support real-time, secure, and scalable applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to tailor products for the UK market and drive cryptocurrency adoption.

What you will do

• Deliver creative customer-facing features to bring 1 billion people on chain
• Define and maintain a long-term vision for backend system scalability
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and leadership to create quarterly roadmaps
• Write high-quality, well-tested code
• Mentor junior engineers and support their career growth

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services with service-oriented architecture
• Passion for building an open financial system
• Ability to participate in in-person events and offsites in the UK

Nice to have

• Experience with rapid company growth (startup to mid-size)
• Experience building growth experiments or A/B tests
• Blockchain experience (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.)
• Experience with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or Redshift
• Experience building financial, high reliability, or security systems

Culture & Benefits

• Intense work culture with high expectations and collaboration
• Remote-first but requires in-person participation multiple times a year
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision
• Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities