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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Consumer, Financial Services, Loyalty
Coinbase
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $246,500 - $290,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Distributed Systems
About the role
- Drive the technical vision and execution of complex, multi-quarter projects across multiple engineering teams.
- Architect and build mission-critical trading systems, including order management, execution engines, and reliability infrastructure.
- Partner with PM, Design, and other functions to align product strategy with long-term technical bets.
- Deeply understand and influence our trading stack and product roadmap.
- Mentor and coach IC6s and below; help grow the next generation of trading and infrastructure leaders.
- Elevate engineering quality through design review, code review, and promoting best practices.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of shipping large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep expertise in trading systems (traditional or crypto), with hands-on experience in areas like order management, execution algorithms, market data, or risk management.
- You are customer-obsessed and bring strong product intuition to technical decision-making.
- Proven ability to lead complex initiatives across organizational boundaries.
- Strong mentoring skills with a passion for leveling up teammates.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous environments with high stakes and high velocity.
- High bar for quality, correctness, and operational excellence.
Benefits
- bonus eligibility
- equity eligibility
- benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
software engineeringlarge-scale distributed systemstrading systemsorder managementexecution algorithmsmarket datarisk managementdesign reviewcode reviewbest practices
Soft skills
mentoringleadershipproduct intuitioncustomer obsessiondecision-makingcollaborationadaptabilityquality focusoperational excellencecoaching
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