Senior Software Engineer, Backend (institutional - Exchange, Market Data & Analytics)

Join Coinbase To Build The Future Of Crypto

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems. Our work culture is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

As a key member of our team, you'll play a critical role in building and operating a large scale data platform to store, analyze and distribute both historical and real-time data for multiple crypto exchanges. You'll take ownership of architecture, engineering and runtime of the data warehouse to service numerous critical solutions for both internal and external data consumption, strengthening our position as a global leader in digital asset trading.

What you'll be doing:

• Building and running a critical data platform from database management, data pipelining, scaling and data distribution to APIs and frontend solutions
• Design and implement core trading platform components, market data and derived data solutions and enable new products and order types
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our vision into a tangible deliverables every quarter
• Ingest, manage and deliver internal and external crypto data for client access, frontend display and large scale analytics
• Provide support to Exchange operations and other engineering teams
• Mentor team members and help uplift the technical skill set across the team

What we look for in you:

• You have at least 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• You've designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
• You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• You're passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.

Nice to haves:

• You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size).
• You've worked with SQL, Clickhouse, Java, Kotlin, Python.
• You've built low latency trading systems.
• You've built financial, high reliability systems.

Pay Transparency Notice:

Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Pay Range: $186,005—$218,900 USD

Commitment to Equal Opportunity:

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.