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Coinbase · 1 day ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$254K/yr - $299K/yr
date10+ years exp

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world and is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead technical initiatives for their Trading and Financial Infrastructure. This role involves defining technical strategies for complex financial products, ensuring a performant trading experience, and exerting technical leadership across large teams.

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Responsibilities

Spearhead the technical design and implementation of major initiatives across the Consumer organization
Ensure a performant, low-latency trading experience for users globally
Review and simplify the technical architecture across Trading and Financial Services
Reduce dependency on shared platform teams by building robust, domain-specific solutions
Conduct technical risk assessments and increase the engineering rigor of our systems
Define the SLOs and metrics that truly reflect product quality and drive the initiatives required to improve them
Exert technical leadership across large teams and multiple pods. You will influence decision-making at an org-wide level
Actively recruit and assess engineers with "Trader DNA," helping to raise the bar for the wider engineering organization

Qualification

Backend distributed systemsCrypto-native systemsTechnical leadershipMarket MakingTechnical risk assessmentsCross-functional partnershipProblem-solving

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience in large-scale backend distributed systems
Experience building crypto-native systems or extensive background in TradFi, including Market Making, Market Structure, or Trading Systems (specifically Futures, Options, and Equities)
You excel in environments where the path forward isn't clear. You can take abstract business goals and translate them into concrete, executed technical roadmaps
You have a proven ability to lead other senior ICs and influence large projects
Strong cross-functional partnership skills, as this role spans across all Consumer organization

Benefits

Bonus eligibility
Equity eligibility
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.
dateFounded in 2012
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.coinbase.com

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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