Remote-First Senior Software Engineer - Trading Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Simple Trade Experience team within the Consumer & Business group. You will own high-performance trading systems powering buy, sell, and convert journeys for millions of users worldwide, across web and mobile.

You will architect robust platforms supporting multiple trading types, partner with product and design, and drive production service evolution to scale with traffic and product scope, while strengthening engineering quality through

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building production services.
• Proven track record designing high-availability distributed systems.
• Backend proficiency in Java or Golang with data stores like MongoDB or Redis.
• Ability to pair product thinking with observability and operational excellence.
• Experience upgrading legacy systems for modern platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own design and delivery of trading systems powering millions of users.
• Architect extensible systems supporting multiple trading types and assets.
• Collaborate with product and design to ship a best-in-class trading experience.
• Drive evolution of trading infrastructure as traffic grows.
• Mentor team members and lead code reviews to raise quality.

Skills

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Mentorship

Observability

Customer-focused thinking

Tools

Java

Golang

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Simple Trade Experience team within the Consumer & Business group. You will own high-performance trading systems powering buy, sell, and convert journeys for millions of users worldwide, across web and mobile.

You will architect robust platforms supporting multiple trading types, partner with product and design, and drive production service evolution to scale with traffic and product scope, while strengthening engineering quality through