Senior Network Engineer – Latency-Sensitive Trading Infra

Coinbase; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity eligibility

Bonus eligibility

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase in Chicago seeks a Senior Network/SRE Engineer to own and optimize ultra-low-latency networks and data-center infrastructure supporting institutional trading across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will design routing architectures with BGP/OSPF/VRFs, deploy firewalls from Fortinet and Palo Alto, and drive observability using SNMP and gRPC telemetry. You will participate in on-call rotations and mentor cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network, infrastructure, or SRE engineering experience in latency-sensitive environments, including on-prem/colocated deployments.
• Deep hands-on expertise with multicast networking, BGP, OSPF, VRFs, high-availability architectures, and low-latency data-center switching.
• Proven ability to lead live incident response for production trading systems, manage risk during changes, and coordinate cross-functional resolution during market events.
• Experience with Fortinet or Palo Alto firewalls, VPNs, SNMP or gRPC telemetry, network automation using Python or Ansible, and strong Linux networking fundamentals in latency-critical environments.
• Familiarity with exchange or electronic trading system concepts; deep crypto experience is a plus, not a requirement.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own, operate, and optimize resilient, ultra-low-latency networks and data-center infrastructure for institutional trading across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Design and maintain routing architectures using BGP, OSPF, VRFs, PIM, IGMP with high-availability platforms like Arista MLAG, Cisco vPC, and VRRP.
• Deploy and operate firewalls and secure connectivity across Fortinet and Palo Alto platforms (IPsec/SSL VPNs).
• Drive observability and operational excellence via SNMP, gRPC telemetry, latency and packet-loss analysis, and network automation using Python/Ansible.
• Lead safe production changes, incident response, failover testing, and on-call rotations for 24/7 trading systems.
• Mentor engineers and partner cross-functionally to improve reliability and developer velocity.

Skills

Multicast networking

BGP

OSPF

VRFs

High-availability architectures

Low-latency data-center switching

Physical network infrastructure

Incident response leadership

Python

Ansible

Linux networking fundamentals

Fortinet firewalls

Palo Alto firewalls

VPNs

SNMP

gRPC telemetry

Network automation

Tools

Arista MLAG

Cisco vPC

Fortinet FortiGate

Palo Alto firewalls

Ansible

Python

Job description

Coinbase in Chicago seeks a Senior Network/SRE Engineer to own and optimize ultra-low-latency networks and data-center infrastructure supporting institutional trading across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will design routing architectures with BGP/OSPF/VRFs, deploy firewalls from Fortinet and Palo Alto, and drive observability using SNMP and gRPC telemetry. You will participate in on-call rotations and mentor cross-functional teams.