Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets)

at Coinbase

📍 United States

USD 218,000-256,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote ✅ Hybrid

Tech Stack
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Details

Coinbase is building prediction markets as part of the Everything Exchange, letting millions of users trade on the outcomes of real-world events across sports, politics, crypto, and culture. We're building the full regulated stack in-house: our own exchange, clearing, and settlement infrastructure. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Prediction Markets team, you'll design and own the core backend systems that power market discovery, best-in-class trading experiences, order management, market resolution, and settlement. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company; expect to get together quarterly for in-person working sessions called “surges.”

Responsibilities

Own the design, development, and reliability of backend systems that power order management, trade matching, settlement, and market resolution for prediction markets.
Architect distributed systems that enforce strict correctness guarantees across clearing, payout, and position management workflows.
Drive the technical strategy for migrating from third-party venue participation to a fully Coinbase-operated exchange and clearing platform.
Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Compliance, and Risk teams to ensure the platform meets regulatory requirements and launches with confidence.
Shape engineering standards and practices across the Prediction Markets team, setting a high bar for code quality, system design, and operational rigor.
Partner with engineers across Consumer & Business to identify shared infrastructure opportunities and reduce duplication across trading surfaces.

Requirements

8+ years of backend software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of high-availability, low-latency distributed systems in production.
Proven track record designing systems where financial correctness is non-negotiable, such as order management, settlement, clearing, or ledger systems.
Experience leading complex, multi-quarter technical projects as the senior technical decision-maker, including architecture design, trade-off analysis, and cross-team coordination.
Deep proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Go, Java, or similar) and strong fundamentals in distributed systems, concurrency, and data modeling.
Track record of mentoring and elevating engineers across a team, raising standards for design reviews, code quality, and incident response.
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $218,025 — $256,500 USD (base varies by location). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Additional Details

Position ID: P77078
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