Senior Staff Software Engineer, Coinbase
Financial Hub
$253.9-298.7k
Plus bonus eligibility + equity eligibility
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
Be an early applicant
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$253.9-298.7k
Plus bonus eligibility + equity eligibility
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years building and operating large‑scale distributed systems in production
- Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and cloud‑native architecture
- Proven track record designing highly available, high‑performance systems
- Ability to anticipate scaling bottlenecks before they occur and take decisive, proactive measures
- Experience leading cross‑functional technical initiatives and mentoring senior engineers
- Commitment to technical excellence, sharing best practices, and fostering a strong engineering culture
- Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear and actionable solutions
Desirable
- Experience designing and operating ledgering or trading systems at large scale
- Strong financial acumen with experience handling accounting data and financial transactions with high precision and reliability
- Experience collaborating closely with finance and accounting teams
What the job involves
- Financial Hub (FinHub) is at the core of Coinbase. Every crypto, fiat, and fund movement flows through the systems we design
- As one of the most visible and business-critical teams in Coinbase, we operate at massive scale in an environment far beyond traditional ledgering, ensuring transactions are precise, compliant, auditable, fast, all with 24/7 availability
- We’re seeking for a deep technical leader to define the engineering vision of Finhub, shape architectural cohesion across our systems, drive platform level improvements and lead the next evolution of our architecture
- Lead high‑stakes scaling initiatives and define the technical vision to support millions more customers
- Architect and build foundational backend systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and ultra‑low latency
- Drive cross‑functional engineering projects with significant impact and visibility
- Establish and evolve platform best practices, frameworks, and architectural standards organization‑wide
- Identify industry and company‑wide trends to inform the adoption or development of new technologies
- Provide deep technical mentorship, guide design decisions, and raise the bar for engineering quality
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 9 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $633.6m
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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