Remote-First Senior Market Data Engineer (Low-Latency)

Coinbase, Inc.; Concord (NH); Remote; USD 191,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data for the Institutional Markets team to build and operate real-time market data systems with low latency. You will own feed handlers, normalization, and distribution, collaborating with engineers and product managers to support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap.

This role emphasizes reliability, performance, and production-grade software, with a remote-first environment that occasionally requires in-person sessions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems.
• Hands-on experience with at least one area of market data infrastructure (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
• Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and familiarity with high-throughput messaging frameworks (Aeron, SBE, or similar).
• Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
• Track record shipping features end-to-end and operating what you build in production.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain market data components including feed handlers, normalization pipelines, distribution systems, and venue connectivity.
• Design and implement low-latency, high-throughput services for real-time market data consumed by trading systems across the platform.
• Drive reliability and performance improvements through observability, on-call participation, and incident response.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and contribute to engineering standards on a lean team.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities that support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap.

Skills

Backend engineering

Market data

Java/C++

Low-latency

Messaging frameworks

FIX/ITCH

Production systems

On-call experience

Tools

Aeron

SBE

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data for the Institutional Markets team to build and operate real-time market data systems with low latency. You will own feed handlers, normalization, and distribution, collaborating with engineers and product managers to support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap.

This role emphasizes reliability, performance, and production-grade software, with a remote-first environment that occasionally requires in-person sessions.