
Staff Software Engineer, Frontend – Institutional, Prime UI Platform
Coinbase
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $218,025 - $256,500 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, build, and own core UI platform systems used across all frontend surfaces.
- Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and latency at the platform level.
- Build and evolve backend-for-frontend APIs (REST/GraphQL) that serve our UI surfaces, with focus on scalability, security, and clean abstractions.
- Lead architecture and technical directions for improvements to real-time data streams (WebSocket/SSE)
- Partner closely with frontend engineers and product teams to understand scaling pain points, and translate them into platform solutions
- Serve as a technical multiplier: unblock teams, review high-impact changes, mentor other engineers across frontend and product teams.
- Enable developer velocity by improving local dev, builds, CI/CD, testing, release pipelines, and observability.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering
- You’ve experienced architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
- You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.
Benefits
- bonus eligibility
- equity eligibility
- benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
UI designbackend-for-frontend APIsRESTGraphQLWebSocketSSECI/CDtestingrelease pipelinesobservability
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationtechnical directionunblocking teamsscalability focusperformance improvementreliability enhancement