Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Payments)

Coinbase, Inc.; Little Rock (AR); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend to own critical user journeys across web and mobile, building fast, reliable payment flows while mentoring junior engineers. You will work with the Consumer Payments team within the Consumer Product Group to reduce customer friction at scale and deliver exceptional UX.

The role emphasizes ownership of frontend experiences, performance, and collaboration with cross-functional partners to ship high-impact features for millions of users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with frontend focus.
• Deep expertise in React and React Native.
• Proven track record shipping consumer-facing products at scale.
• Experience owning SLOs and improving latency for user flows.
• Mentors junior engineers and acts as a senior technical voice.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end frontend development for core money movement experiences.
• Improve CUJ latency, availability, and SLOs for payment flows.
• Build new user-facing features like contact management and real-time trackers.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to ship projects.
• Identify frontend performance bottlenecks and reduce end-to-end latency.

Skills

React

React Native

Frontend performance

Mentoring

SLO ownership

AI governance

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend to join the Consumer Payments team within the Consumer Product Group. This team owns the infrastructure, experiences, and controls that power how millions of users send, receive, and move crypto on Coinbase. You'll own critical user journeys across web and mobile, building fast, reliable, and delightful payment flows while mentoring junior engineers and driving down customer friction at scale.

What you’ll do:

• Own end-to-end frontend development for core crypto money movement experiences, including send, receive, and transaction status tracking across web and mobile
• Drive measurable improvements in CUJ latency, availability, and SLOs for the payment flows you own
• Build new user-facing features - such as contact management systems and real-time transaction status trackers
• Partner with product, design, and backend engineering to scope, prioritize, and ship projects that reduce CX contact rates and improve the customer experience
• Identify and resolve frontend performance bottlenecks across payment flows, reducing end-to-end latency and improving reliability for millions of users

Required skills and experience:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in React and React Native
• Proven track record of shipping consumer-facing products end-to-end in a high-scale environment, with a focus on performance, reliability, and user experience
• Experience owning SLOs and driving measurable improvements in latency and availability for user-facing flows
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and operate as a senior technical voice on a team of mixed levels
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

*Pay Transparency Notice:** *Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$186,065—$218,900 USD

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