3 months ago
Base Salary
$207k - $244k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and operate market data components including feed handlers, normalization, distribution, and venue connectivity.
- Design low-latency, high-throughput real-time market data systems for trading systems.
- Contribute to reliability and performance through observability, on-call, and incident response.
- Write high-quality, well-tested code and raise engineering quality standards.
- Partner with engineers, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities.
- Lead a lean, high-impact team and own systems end to end.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems.
- Hands-on experience with market data systems such as feed handlers, normalization, or distribution.
- Proficiency in low-latency Java or C++ and high-throughput messaging such as Aeron or SBE.
- Familiarity with venue or exchange connectivity and market data protocols including FIX, ITCH/OUCH, and multicast.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver features end to end and operate the systems built.
- Ability to use generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight and delivering business-ready outputs.
Benefits
- Remote-first, but not remote-only work arrangement, with quarterly in-person working sessions called surges.
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity eligibility, and bonus eligibility are provided in addition to base salary.
About Coinbase
Coinbase builds a cryptocurrency platform for consumers, institutions, and developers to buy, sell, store, and use digital assets. Its products include the Coinbase app/exchange, Coinbase Prime for institutions, custody services, and developer APIs, and it earns primarily from transaction fees and subscriptions. Founded in 2012 and now remote-first, Coinbase is a public company (NASDAQ: COIN) serving major crypto markets in the U.S. and abroad.