Staff Software Engineer, Coinbase
Backend, Consumer, Advanced Trading
$218-256.5k
Digital currency exchange
Open for applications
Digital currency exchange
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$218-256.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people.
Role
Who you are
- You have at least 8 years of experience in software engineering
- 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
- You take pride in being up-to-date with the latest industry standards and best practices
- Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., Claude, LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality
Desirable
- You’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, Snowflake before
What the job involves
- Coinbase is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our Advanced Trading team to build and scale the core systems that power crypto trading at Coinbase
- The Advanced Trade team is building a seamless and secure trading platform for experienced traders
- 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
- Provide technical guidance and career mentorship to engineers. You will anchor complex projects and ensure high standards for code quality and system design
- 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.
For example, its doubled down on institutional clients, now serving as the custodian for the majority of approved Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. Its Prime platform also 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.
Its also making moves to engage with younger audiences, by partnering with Riot Games to sponsor global eSports events for League of Legends and Valorant. This partnership highlights Coinbase's strategy to integrate Web 3.0 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
Aug 2017
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $528.5m
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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