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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Institutional Exchange

Coinbase

Remote · United States$21,888–25,750 gross/mofull-timeCoinbase Careers

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading as part of the Institutional Everything Exchange, powering the systems that let the world's largest financial institutions trade across markets with speed, depth, and trust. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Exchange team, you'll set the architectural direction for the matching engine, order management, market data, and unified trading systems that clear billions of dollars in daily volume.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical strategy and architecture for a core Exchange domain, driving multi-quarter initiatives from ambiguity through incremental milestones to delivery.
  • Lead the design of ultra-low-latency, event-sourced trading systems spanning matching, risk, and market data across cloud and colocated environments.
  • Drive cross-team technical alignment across Exchange, Prime, and Derivatives, securing commitment from senior engineering and product leadership.
  • Set and inspect the quality bar across teams - deterministic testing, failover design, incident leadership, and operational standards for 24/7 markets.
  • Maintain significant hands-on contribution while leading execution through other senior engineers and tech leads.
  • Mentor L5-L6 engineers and build the next rung of technical leadership on a lean, high-leverage team.

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    Posted
    4 Sept 2026
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