Remote-First Market Data Engineer — Real-Time, Low-Latency

Coinbase; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 207,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Market Data Engineer on the Markets team to architect, build and own real-time market data systems across Coinbase, delivering low-latency feed handlers, normalization and distribution.

You will partner with software engineers, product and cross-functional teams, write high-quality code, participate in on-call, observability, and incident response.

Base salary range is $207,485–$244,100 with potential equity and bonus; remote-friendly, quarterly in-person surges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering for production low-latency systems.
• Hands-on experience with market data systems.
• Proficiency in Java or C++ and high-throughput messaging.
• Familiarity with venue connectivity and market data protocols.
• Track record delivering end-to-end features and operating what you build.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate market data components: feed handlers, normalization, distribution, and venue connectivity.
• Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time market data used by trading systems.
• Contribute to reliability and performance, participating in observability, on-call, and incident response.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and help raise the quality bar on a lean team.
• Partner with engineers, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities.

Skills

Backend engineering

Low-latency systems

Market data systems

Java

C++

On-call / incident response

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX/ITCH

Multicast

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Market Data Engineer on the Markets team to architect, build and own real-time market data systems across Coinbase, delivering low-latency feed handlers, normalization and distribution.

You will partner with software engineers, product and cross-functional teams, write high-quality code, participate in on-call, observability, and incident response.

Base salary range is $207,485–$244,100 with potential equity and bonus; remote-friendly, quarterly in-person surges.