Staff Data Engineer, Market Data — Real-Time Systems

Coinbase; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team to architect and own real-time market data systems. You will build the ticker plant and distribution backbone for a unified trading platform with ownership akin to a startup, yet backed by Coinbase.

You will lead a lean team, craft low-latency components, and partner with engineers across product and teams to deliver scalable market data capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering with production low-latency systems.
• Hands-on experience with market data systems (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
• Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and high-throughput messaging (Aeron, SBE, or similar).
• Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
• Track record delivering features end-to-end and operating what you build.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate market data components: feed handlers, normalization, distribution, and venue connectivity.
• Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time market data used by trading systems.
• Strengthen reliability and performance by contributing to observability, on-call, and incident response.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and raise the quality bar on a lean team.
• Partner with engineers, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities.

Skills

Backend engineering

Low-latency systems

Market data

Java or C++

High-throughput messaging

Observability/on-call

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX

ITCH/OUCH

Multicast

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team to architect and own real-time market data systems. You will build the ticker plant and distribution backbone for a unified trading platform with ownership akin to a startup, yet backed by Coinbase.

You will lead a lean team, craft low-latency components, and partner with engineers across product and teams to deliver scalable market data capabilities.