Staff Data Engineer, Real-Time Market Data

Coinbase, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team to architect, build, and own real-time market data systems at low latency across Coinbase. You will lead a lean, high-impact team and own the data backbone of a unified trading platform.

Expect to collaborate with engineers, product and cross-functional partners to deliver market data capabilities, while maintaining reliability, observability, and throughput at scale for trading systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering with low-latency production systems.
• Hands-on experience with market data systems.
• Proficiency in low-latency Java or C++ and high-throughput messaging.
• Familiarity with FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast protocols.
• Track record delivering features end-to-end and operating what you build.
• Responsible use of AI with human oversight.

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 with 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

Market data systems

Low-latency programming

Java or C++

High-throughput messaging

Market data protocols

Observability & on-call

AI governance

Tools

Aeron

SBE

FIX

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team to architect, build, and own real-time market data systems at low latency across Coinbase. You will lead a lean, high-impact team and own the data backbone of a unified trading platform.

Expect to collaborate with engineers, product and cross-functional partners to deliver market data capabilities, while maintaining reliability, observability, and throughput at scale for trading systems.