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- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
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AI @ 6
API @ 4
GenAI
Generative AI @ 6
Observability @ 6
Payments @ 4
Performance Optimization @ 6
React @ 7
TypeScript @ 7
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Employees are expected to meet quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Finance Engineering Platform team within the Platform group, you will own the frontend technical direction for systems that transform trading, payment, and transfer activity into accurate financial records. The team builds an internal control plane where Finance and Accounting teams monitor financial health, investigate reconciliation breaks, and take governed action. You will turn ambiguous operational problems into cohesive, scalable user experiences and establish patterns that enable Finance to operate with greater speed, accuracy, and confidence.
Responsibilities
- Own the frontend technical strategy and architecture for financial reconciliation and operations products, including React and TypeScript applications for high-volume financial data, tables, filtering, visualizations, and transaction-level investigation.
- Lead the design of auditable human-in-the-loop workflows covering validation, approval states, error handling, permissions, and review history.
- Define end-to-end contracts with backend and API teams so that new data capabilities become reliable, understandable product features.
- Establish best practices for frontend quality across testing, accessibility, performance, observability, feature management, and safe rollout.
- Drive ambiguous and high-impact initiatives, creating technical clarity and alignment across engineering, product, design, and Finance stakeholders.
- Partner directly with Finance and Accounting users to translate operational pain points into a clear product and technical roadmap.
- Mentor engineers and raise the team’s technical bar.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building and shipping production web applications with React and TypeScript, with fullstack capability across frontend and backend services.
- Demonstrated track record leading ambiguous, cross-functional projects from problem definition through design, implementation, rollout, and iteration.
- Deep frontend architecture expertise, including state management, API integration, performance optimization, accessibility, testing, and observability.
- Experience building data-rich operational products, enterprise software, or workflow systems where accuracy and user trust are essential. Financial systems, reconciliation, or payments domain experience is preferred.
- History of influencing technical direction across organizational boundaries and creating durable alignment among stakeholders with different priorities through written technical designs and product discussions.
- Responsible use of generative AI, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Compensation
Annual base salary range, excluding equity and bonus: $218,025–$256,500 USD. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, as well as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
Candidates may submit a maximum of three applications within a six-month period. Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.