Remote-First Trading Platform Architect — Risk & Reliability

Coinbase; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an Architect on the Trading team to design, build, and own core trading systems including order and execution management, low-latency messaging, and multi-venue connectivity.

You will ensure reliability, scalability, and auditability while mentoring teams and partnering with Product, Risk, Security, and Compliance to translate technical vision into a practical roadmap.

Qualifications

• Hands-on architect responsible for design, build, deployment, and 24/7 support of trading systems.
• Extensive backend engineering background with ownership of distributed production systems.
• Experience architecting end-to-end trading platforms (OMS/EMS, multi-exchange).
• Deep Java low-latency skills and high-throughput messaging expertise (Aeron/SBE).
• Proven track record delivering end-to-end projects from scoping to monitoring.
• Experience in regulated financial environments requiring auditability and low latency.
• Ability to make data-driven product decisions balancing engineering trade-offs.
• Experience responsibly using generative AI with human oversight.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Risk, Security, and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of the end-to-end trading platform including OMS/EMS and messaging fabric.
• Design low-latency, high-throughput systems used in institutional and retail markets.
• Drive reliability, SLOs, observability, and incident response for critical systems.
• Set technical bar through reviews and standards; address high-impact debt.
• Reduce single points of failure and mentor the team for resilience.
• Collaborate with Product, Risk, Security and Compliance to draft roadmaps.

Skills

End-to-end Architecture

Backend Engineering

Low-latency Java

High-throughput Messaging

Distributed Systems

Regulated Environments

Product Decision Making

Generative AI Oversight

Cross-functional Collaboration

Job description

Coinbase is seeking an Architect on the Trading team to design, build, and own core trading systems including order and execution management, low-latency messaging, and multi-venue connectivity.

You will ensure reliability, scalability, and auditability while mentoring teams and partnering with Product, Risk, Security, and Compliance to translate technical vision into a practical roadmap.