FCM Tech LeadActive$46K–$183K

The opportunity

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom.

What you'll do

  • Own design and architecture across the FCM core, from market data and order: routing through settlement, reporting, and risk.

  • Drive the next-gen replatforming effort, reducing legacy vendor dependencies: while raising stability and reliability.

  • Set the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and pay: down the technical debt that matters most.

  • Partner across pods (execution, risk, lifecycle) and cross-functionally with: Product, CFM Risk and Ops, Finance, and Compliance to deliver correct, auditable systems and turn strategy into a roadmap.

  • Mentor engineers across the team and act as a force multiplier, scaling: engineering quality and helping others grow.

  • Extensive backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of: complex, production-grade distributed systems.

What they're looking for

  • Direct FCM or derivatives experience, with hands-on ownership of one or more: parts of the futures trade lifecycle (settlement, clearing, margin/risk, order entry/routing, market data, or back-office books and records).
  • Deep proficiency in a modern backend language (Go preferred; Java or similar): and event-driven, high-availability architectures; familiarity with Ion XTP is a plus.
  • Experience in a regulated or financial environment (CFTC/NFA or comparable): where correctness, auditability, and reliability are critical.
  • Track record delivering end-to-end, from scoping and architecture through: implementation, monitoring, and iteration, including replatforming or migrating off legacy systems while still coding hands-on and raising the quality bar.