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
Build and operate low-latency, event-sourced trading systems spanning: matching, order entry, risk, and market data across cloud and colocated environments.
Own the reliability and correctness of production systems processing: high-throughput financial data 24/7, including incident response and failover design.
Partner with Product, Infrastructure, and senior engineering leadership to: translate strategy into quarterly deliverables and well-scoped milestones.
Drive technical design decisions within your domain, producing clear: proposals and building consensus with peers and tech leads.
Write high-quality, well-tested code in a performance-critical backend: environment (Java, C++, or Go), with a focus on latency and throughput.
+ years of software engineering experience, with hands-on ownership of: production trading, exchange, or financial infrastructure systems at scale.
What they're looking for
- Deep proficiency in a backend language such as Java, C++, or Go, with: experience in JVM or Linux performance tuning for latency-sensitive workloads.
- Track record designing and operating highly reliable distributed systems: processing high volumes with strict correctness and uptime requirements (24/7).
- Experience partnering with Product and cross-functional teams to scope and: deliver complex technical projects on clear timelines.
- Genuine interest in crypto and institutional markets, with the ability to: ramp quickly; deep crypto experience is a plus, not a requirement.
