Senior Real-Time Market Data Engineer — Remote

Coinbase; Annapolis (MD); Remote; 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 the systems that capture, normalize, and distribute real-time market data across Coinbase at low latency.

You'll implement feed handlers, venue connectors, and distribution layers, design low-latency services, and drive reliability through observability and on-call participation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience building production low-latency systems.
• Experience with market data infrastructure areas (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
• Proficiency in low-latency Java or C++ and familiarity with Aeron or SBE.
• Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
• Track record shipping features end-to-end and operating in production.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive 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.
• 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 (low-latency)

C++ (low-latency)

Market data infrastructure

Venue connectivity

FIX/ITCH/OUCH protocols

Observability

On-call experience

AI in workflows

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX protocol

Multicast

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 the systems that capture, normalize, and distribute real-time market data across Coinbase at low latency.

You'll implement feed handlers, venue connectors, and distribution layers, design low-latency services, and drive reliability through observability and on-call participation.