Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Trading)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Consumer Trading team builds the fastest, easiest, and most trusted crypto trading platform globally. The team values high ownership, technical depth, long-term thinking, product intuition, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision and execution of complex, multi-quarter projects across multiple engineering teams.
• Architect and build mission-critical trading systems, including order management, execution engines, and reliability infrastructure.
• Partner with product management, design, and other functions to align product strategy with long-term technical bets.
• Deeply understand and influence the trading stack and product roadmap.
• Mentor and coach senior engineers (IC6s) and below; grow the next generation of trading and infrastructure leaders.
• Elevate engineering quality through design review, code review, and promoting best practices.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of shipping large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in trading systems (traditional or crypto), with hands-on experience in areas such as order lifecycle/management, execution algorithms, market data, or risk management.
• Strong product intuition and customer obsession to inform technical decisions.
• Proven ability to lead complex initiatives across organizational boundaries.
• Strong mentoring skills and a passion for leveling up teammates.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, high-stakes, high-velocity environments.
• High bar for quality, correctness, and operational excellence.

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience building complicated trading systems.
• Experience in financial markets (equities, FX, or crypto).
• Familiarity with regulated environments and designing for compliance and auditability.
• Experience with Go or other performant backend languages.
• Contributions to open source or trading protocols.
• Crypto-forward experience (interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services).

Work Culture & Onsite Expectations

• The company is remote-first but not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year (team and company-wide offsites held multiple times annually). Attendance at these events is expected and supported.

Compensation & Additional Info

• Pay Range: $246,500 — $290,000 USD (target bonus, target equity, and benefits also available depending on location).
• Job ID: GCBE07US

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with generous employee contributions
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend
• Volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy and option of getting paid in digital currency