Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Trading)

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Posted Date:

September 25, 2025

Employment Type:

Not specified

Work Arrangement:

Remote

Skills & Technologies

Engineering - Backendpreferred

Contact Information

Job Description

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Coinbase is seeking experienced backend engineers to join our Trading team to build and scale the core systems that power crypto trading at Coinbase. From Simple Trade for everyday users to Advanced Trade for professionals, to Derivatives and Decentralized (DEX) trading, we’re building a seamless and secure trading experience for everyone. This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of crypto, trading infrastructure, and consumer product — tackling exciting engineering challenges while contributing directly to Coinbase’s core business.

What you'll be doing:

    • Power highly performant, highly available systems for traders worldwide
    • Architect robust systems that are easy to build on top of supporting many instrument types (Spot, Futures, Perpetual Futures, and more)
    • Work in tight collaboration with product and design to articulate a best-in-class product experience
    • Translate your best ideas into tangible, high value features our customers love

What we look for in you:

    • You have at least 2+ years of experience in software engineering, especially with web-scale traffic
    • You’ve designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services as they evolve over time
    • You have a high bar for product excellence, pairing customer obsession with comprehensive observability
    • You empower and cultivate your teammates. Iron sharpens iron.
    • You take pride in being up-to-date with the latest industry standards and best practices

Nice to haves:

    • You’ve worked on active trading systems or other similar high availability financial systems
    • You actively trade crypto or other financial instruments
    • You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from startup to mid-size).
    • You have experience upgrading significant parts of legacy systems, or re-architecting next-generation versions of existing systems
    • You’ve worked with Golang, MongoDB, Redis before
    • You have Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity.

Job #: GCBE04US

*Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.

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For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Your interview responses, in the form of a voice recording and/or transcript will be assessed in terms of the job qualifications and characteristics listed in the position description above by a human recruiter.

For other select roles, Coinbase is piloting BrightHire, an AI interview intelligence platform, to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.