Backend Software Engineer, Coinbase
Consumer - Trading
$147-174k
+ target bonus + target equity
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
Open for applications
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$147-174k
+ target bonus + target equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system
- We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up
- You have at least 2+ years of experience in software engineering, especially with web-scale traffic
- You’ve designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services as they evolve over time
- You have a high bar for product excellence, pairing customer obsession with comprehensive observability
- You empower and cultivate your teammates. Iron sharpens iron
- You take pride in being up-to-date with the latest industry standards and best practices
Desirable
- Ou’ve worked on active trading systems or other similar high availability financial systems
- You actively trade crypto or other financial instruments
- You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size)
- You have experience upgrading significant parts of legacy systems, or re-architecting next-generation versions of existing systems
- You’ve worked with Golang, MongoDB, Redis before
- You have Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity
What the job involves
- We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems
- Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone
- But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be
- Coinbase is seeking experienced backend engineers to join our Trading team to build and scale the core systems that power crypto trading at Coinbase
- From Simple Trade for everyday users to Advanced Trade for professionals, to Derivatives and Decentralized (DEX) trading, we’re building a seamless and secure trading experience for everyone
- This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of crypto, trading infrastructure, and consumer product — tackling exciting engineering challenges while contributing directly to Coinbase’s core business
- Power highly performant, highly available systems for traders worldwide
- Architect robust systems that are easy to build on top of supporting many instrument types (Spot, Futures, Perpetual Futures, and more)
- Work in tight collaboration with product and design to articulate a best-in-class product experience
- Translate your best ideas into tangible, high value features our customers love
Our take
Coinbase has built a reputation as one of the most accessible entry points into the world of cryptocurrency. With features like crypto wallets, direct bank account linking, and merchant payment tools, it's helping bring crypto into the mainstream. But the company isn't just relying on its early success, it's evolving fast to stay relevant in a rapidly changing market.
Lately, its doubled down on its focus on institutional clients, now serving as the custodian for the majority of approved Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, and its Prime platform offers a full suite of services for hedge funds, asset managers, and financial institutions. As demand for regulated crypto products rise globally (particularly in Asia), Coinbase is ready to expand.
And it's even making moves to engage with younger audiences, having recently partnered with Riot Games to sponsor global eSports events for League of Legends and Valorant. This multi-year deal, commencing with the Valorant Masters in Toronto and the MSI 2025 tournament in Vancouver. This partnership highlights Coinbase's strategy to integrate Web3 technologies into mainstream entertainment, aiming to bridge the gap between gaming and cryptocurrency for a new generation of users.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $633.4m
Leadership
Brian Armstrong
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded UniversityTutor.com, also worked as a Software Engineer at AirBnb
Alessia Haas
(CFO)Previously held various head positions, including VP at GE Healthcare, Director at Merrill Lynch and CFO at CIT Bank and Oz Management
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