Coinbase

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))
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Hard Skills & Tools
UI designbackend-for-frontend APIsRESTGraphQLWebSocketSSECI/CDtestingrelease pipelinesobservability
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationtechnical directionunblocking teamsscalability focusperformance improvementreliability enhancement