Senior Staff Engineer, Ultra-Low-Latency Trading Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 263,000 - 309,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plan

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Exchange team to shape the architecture of the matching engine, order management, market data, and trading systems that power billions in daily volume.

You will own technical direction, lead multi-team initiatives, and maintain hands-on contribution while mentoring junior engineers. The role supports a remote-first, in-person surge cadence with equity and bonus possibilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with ownership of production trading, exchange, or market-data systems at scale.
• Deep expertise in low-latency distributed systems and a backend language such as Java, C++, or Go, with fluency in JVM/Linux performance tuning.
• Demonstrated architectural ownership of an end-to-end trading platform - order management, multi-venue connectivity, and real-time risk - not a single component.
• Proven track record influencing technical direction across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Experience operating latency-sensitive systems in on-prem/colocated and cloud environments, including incident command and safe production change.
• 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

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for a core Exchange domain, driving multi-quarter initiatives from ambiguity through incremental milestones to delivery.
• Lead the design of ultra-low-latency, event-sourced trading systems spanning matching, risk, and market data across cloud and colocated environments.
• Drive cross-team technical alignment across Exchange, Prime, and Derivatives, securing commitment from senior engineering and product leadership.
• Set and inspect the quality bar across teams - deterministic testing, failover design, incident leadership, and operational standards for 24/7 markets.
• Maintain significant hands-on contribution while leading execution through other senior engineers and tech leads.
• Mentor L5-L6 engineers and build the next rung of technical leadership on a lean, high-leverage team.

Skills

Java

C++

Go

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Exchange team to shape the architecture of the matching engine, order management, market data, and trading systems that power billions in daily volume.

You will own technical direction, lead multi-team initiatives, and maintain hands-on contribution while mentoring junior engineers. The role supports a remote-first, in-person surge cadence with equity and bonus possibilities.