Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Trading)

at Coinbase

📍 United States

USD 246,500-290,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ Hybrid

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

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At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform and future global financial system.

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 PM, 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 IC6s and below; help grow the next generation of trading and infrastructure leaders.
Elevate engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, and best practices promotion.

10+ years of software engineering experience with large-scale distributed systems.
Deep expertise in trading systems (traditional or crypto), including order management, execution algorithms, market data, or risk management.
Customer-obsessed with strong product intuition for technical decisions.
Proven ability to lead complex initiatives across organizations.
Strong mentoring skills and passion for team development.
Comfortable with ambiguity, high stakes, and fast pace.
High standards for quality, correctness, and operational excellence.

Experience building complex trading systems.
Prior experience in financial markets (equities, FX, crypto).
Familiarity with regulated environments and compliance/audit design.
Experience with Go or other performant backend languages.
Contributions to open source or trading protocols.
Crypto-forward experience including Ethereum, ENS, dApps, and blockchain services.