Build high-throughput tax systems at Coinbase, focusing on distributed services and data pipelines where correctness is critical. Work remotely with quarterly surges.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Tax team, you will support Coinbase Consumer & Business products. Your work covers cost basis tracking, gain/loss calculation, withholding automation, and compliance reporting. You will design extensible backend primitives for products spanning trades, payments, equities, margin, and options.
Key Responsibilities: Design and deliver backend tax infrastructure systems
Build broker reporting and withholding pipelines
Integrate clearing systems with external partners
Translate ambiguous problems into production solutions
Mentor engineers through reviews and technical guidance
Requirements: Six-plus years building production backend software
Solid distributed systems fundamentals and high-throughput service experience
Experience designing critical data pipelines
End-to-end ownership of complex systems
Responsible generative AI use with human oversight
Apply backend engineering, distributed systems, and tax infrastructure expertise to Coinbase products requiring accuracy at scale.