Senior Real-Time Trading Systems Engineer (Remote)

Coinbase; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Exchange team, focusing on real-time trading systems, matching engines, order management, market data, and funding rate computation. You will own critical backend systems that power institutional trading and clear billions in daily volume.

You will work with Product, Infrastructure, and leadership to plan quarterly milestones, design scalable architectures, and ship features that expand Coinbase's trading capabilities at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with hands-on ownership of production trading, exchange, or financial infrastructure systems at scale.
• Deep proficiency in a backend language such as Java, C++, or Go, with experience in JVM or Linux performance tuning for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Track record designing and operating highly reliable distributed systems processing high volumes with strict correctness and uptime requirements (24/7).
• Experience partnering with Product and cross-functional teams to scope and deliver complex technical projects on clear timelines.
• Genuine interest in crypto and institutional markets, with the ability to ramp quickly; 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

• Build and operate low-latency, event-sourced trading systems spanning matching, order entry, risk, and market data across cloud and colocated environments.
• Own the reliability and correctness of production systems processing high-throughput financial data 24/7, including incident response and failover design.
• Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and senior engineering leadership to translate strategy into quarterly deliverables and well-scoped milestones.
• Drive technical design decisions within your domain, producing clear proposals and building consensus with peers and tech leads.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code in a performance-critical backend environment (Java, C++, or Go), with a focus on latency and throughput.

Skills

Backend engineering

Low-latency systems

Distributed systems

Cloud environments

Generative AI usage

Tools

Java

C++

Go

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Exchange team, focusing on real-time trading systems, matching engines, order management, market data, and funding rate computation. You will own critical backend systems that power institutional trading and clear billions in daily volume.

You will work with Product, Infrastructure, and leadership to plan quarterly milestones, design scalable architectures, and ship features that expand Coinbase's trading capabilities at scale.