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Coinbase · 8 hours ago

Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Trading)

Coinbase is a company focused on increasing economic freedom through blockchain technology. They are seeking experienced backend engineers to join their Trading team to build and scale core systems for crypto trading, ensuring a secure and seamless trading experience for users.

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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Backend EngineeringWeb-scale TrafficProduction ServicesGolangMongoDBRedisCrypto ExperienceCustomer ObsessionTeam CollaborationAdaptability

Required

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

Preferred

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 before
You have Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity

Benefits

Target bonus
Target equity
Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company

Coinbase

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Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies.

H1B Sponsorship

Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (181)
2024 (92)
2023 (96)
2022 (284)
2021 (183)
2020 (66)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.46B
Key Investors
ARK Investment ManagementDFJ GrowthTiger Global Management
2025-12-19Post Ipo Equity· $4.2M
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M

Leadership Team

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Brian Armstrong
CEO & Co-Founder
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Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
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