Senior Market Data Engineer: Real-Time Low-Latency Systems

Coinbase, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data, to build and operate real-time market data systems with low latency across the platform. You will own feed handlers, normalization, and distribution layers, connecting to venues and ensuring throughput suitable for institutional trading.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to deliver capabilities that support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap and reliability goals.

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

Low-latency systems

Java/C++

Market data protocols

Production experience

Observability

Tools

Aeron

SBE

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data, to build and operate real-time market data systems with low latency across the platform. You will own feed handlers, normalization, and distribution layers, connecting to venues and ensuring throughput suitable for institutional trading.

You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners to deliver capabilities that support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap and reliability goals.