Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Institutional - Exchange)

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Join the engineering team responsible for building the mission critical, submillisecond systems underpinning our Derivatives Exchanges.
• Collaborate with other engineers, designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical plans and iterate through the design and implementation process to bring features and future products to life.
• Be a thoughtful technical voice within the team, participating in architectural decisions and fostering a culture of strong ownership, high-quality and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with Product and Operations teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of complex, distributed systems at scale.
• Mentor junior engineers to support their career growth and help maintain top talent across the organization.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering.
• Domain experience with crypto, derivatives or other financial products.
• Experience designing, building, maintaining and scaling critical low-latency systems.
• Good understanding of Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of what high quality code looks like and ability to foster an environment that maintains a high quality bar.
• Execution focused with an ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Experience architecting complex distributed systems at scale.

Nice to Have

• Experience building and operating 24/7 financial trading systems (i.e., Matching Engines, Order Management Systems, Risk Engines, Market Data and Order Gateways), with a strong understanding of how these systems differ from traditional web architectures.
• Operating Systems Expertise.
• Experience working with managed infrastructure providers like AWS and or GCP.

Qualifications

• Experience with crypto, derivatives or other financial products.
• Design, build, maintain and scale critical low-latency systems.
• Understanding of Relational and NoSQL databases.

Benefits & Perks

• Full time offers from Coinbase include target bonus, target equity, and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
• Pay Range: $186,005-$218,900 USD.
• Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period.
• Disability and Life Insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Wellness Stipend.
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement.
• Connections Stipend.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Fertility Counseling and Benefits.
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy.
• The option of getting paid in digital currency.