Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)

🔹 Role Snapshot

• Title: Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)
• Location: Berlin, Germany (Full-time)
• Remote-Friendly: Not explicitly stated, but Coinbase has historically supported remote-friendly policies in Europe
• Department: Consumer Product Group – Country Expansion (UK focus)
• Compensation: Not listed, but Coinbase typically offers competitive packages including salary + equity + benefits

🔹 Team & Mission

The Consumer Product Group is responsible for the Coinbase retail app, which includes features such as wallets, staking, advanced trade, and dapps. This particular role is on the Country Expansion team, customizing Coinbase’s products for the UK market — with the broader mission to bring 1 billion people on-chain.

🔹 What You’ll Do

• Build customer-facing features focused on crypto adoption and user growth
• Own backend architecture – from design through production maintenance
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Leadership to translate vision into a roadmap
• Deliver high-quality, tested code
• Mentor junior engineers and help shape engineering culture

🔹 Core Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Proven experience with service-oriented architecture and scalable production systems
• Passion for open finance and crypto adoption
• Strong coding and testing practices

🔹 Bonus Experience (Nice to Have)

• Experience in hyper-growth environments (startups, scale-ups)
• A/B testing and growth experimentation background
• Familiarity with blockchain technologies (e.g., Ethereum, Bitcoin)
• Prior work with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, Postgres, MongoDB, or Redshift
• Understanding of crypto-native behaviors like dApp use, ENS, wallet interaction

🔹 Why This Role?

• Be part of a high-impact team driving Coinbase’s global growth
• Tackle technically challenging problems in crypto and backend scalability
• Influence crypto adoption in the UK and EU markets
• Join a mission-driven company working at the cutting edge of fintech