Remote-First Senior Market Data Engineer: Low-Latency

Coinbase; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading as part of the Everything Exchange. As a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you’ll build and operate real-time market data systems across Coinbase, enabling low-latency feed handlers, venue connectors, and a robust distribution layer.

You will drive reliability, performance, and observability while shipping features end-to-end and collaborating with cross-functional partners to support the institutional

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience building production low-latency systems.
• Hands-on experience with 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.
• Uses 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

Low-latency systems

Market data infra

Java

C++

Aeron

SBE

FIX

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX protocol

Job description

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading as part of the Everything Exchange. As a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you’ll build and operate real-time market data systems across Coinbase, enabling low-latency feed handlers, venue connectors, and a robust distribution layer.

You will drive reliability, performance, and observability while shipping features end-to-end and collaborating with cross-functional partners to support the institutional