Remote-First Senior Market Data Engineer

Coinbase; Cheyenne (WY); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading as part of the Everything Exchange, powering systems that let the world's largest financial institutions trade across markets with speed, depth, and trust.

As a Market Data Engineer on the Markets team, you'll architect, build and own the real-time data pipeline with low latency, from feed handlers to distribution, in a startup-like environment with Coinbase's scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with low-latency systems.
• Hands-on work with market data systems (feed handlers, normalization, distribution).
• Proficient in low-latency Java or C++ and high-throughput messaging.
• Familiar with venue connectivity and market data protocols.
• Experience delivering features end-to-end and operating what you build.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate market data components.
• Design low-latency, high-throughput systems.
• Contribute to reliability, observability, on-call, and incident response.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code.
• Partner with engineers, product, and stakeholders.

Skills

Backend engineering

Market data systems

Java/C++

Venue connectivity

End-to-end delivery

AI tooling usage

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX

ITCH/OUCH

Multicast

Job description

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading as part of the Everything Exchange, powering systems that let the world's largest financial institutions trade across markets with speed, depth, and trust.

As a Market Data Engineer on the Markets team, you'll architect, build and own the real-time data pipeline with low latency, from feed handlers to distribution, in a startup-like environment with Coinbase's scale.