Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)

Coinbase

24 days ago

Remote, United States

Senior / Staff+

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$254k - $299k/yr

Responsibilities

Spearhead the technical design and implementation of major initiatives across the Consumer organization.
Ensure a performant, low-latency trading experience for users globally.
Review and simplify the technical architecture across Trading and Financial Services.
Reduce dependency on shared platform teams by building robust, domain-specific solutions.
Conduct technical risk assessments and increase the engineering rigor of our systems.
Define the SLOs and metrics that reflect product quality and drive initiatives to improve them.
Exert technical leadership across large teams and multiple pods, influencing decision-making at an org-wide level.
Actively recruit and assess engineers with 'Trader DNA' to raise the bar for the engineering organization.

10+ years of software engineering experience in large-scale backend distributed systems.
Experience building crypto-native systems or a background in TradFi, including Market Making, Market Structure, or Trading Systems.
Ability to translate abstract business goals into concrete technical roadmaps.
Proven ability to lead other senior ICs and influence large projects.
Strong cross-functional partnership skills, as this role spans across all Consumer organization.

Full-time offers include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).