Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Consumer – Prediction Markets

🕒 June 27

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $218k - $256.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Coinbase

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💰 $21.4M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-11

Consulting • Crypto • Finance

Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows individuals and institutions to buy, sell, and trade various crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company offers advanced trading tools, institutional solutions, and a self-hosted wallet for storing and managing cryptocurrencies. With a strong focus on security and transparency, Coinbase provides a trusted platform used by millions globally. It supports various features including staking, earning rewards, and spending crypto through their cards. Additionally, Coinbase provides developer tools and APIs for building onchain applications, making it a comprehensive hub for engaging in the crypto economy.

📋 Description

• Own the design, development, and reliability of backend systems that power order management, trade matching, settlement, and market resolution for prediction markets • Architect distributed systems that enforce strict correctness guarantees across clearing, payout, and position management workflows • Drive the technical strategy for migrating from third-party venue participation to a fully Coinbase-operated exchange and clearing platform • Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Compliance, and Risk teams to ensure the platform meets regulatory requirements and launches with confidence • Shape engineering standards and practices across the Prediction Markets team, setting a high bar for code quality, system design, and operational rigor • Partner with engineers across Consumer & Business to identify shared infrastructure opportunities and reduce duplication across trading surfaces

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of high-availability, low-latency distributed systems in production • Proven track record designing systems where financial correctness is non-negotiable, such as order management, settlement, clearing, or ledger systems • Experience leading complex, multi-quarter technical projects as the senior technical decision-maker, including architecture design, trade-off analysis, and cross-team coordination • Deep proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Go, Java, or similar) and strong fundamentals in distributed systems, concurrency, and data modeling • Track record of mentoring and elevating engineers across a team, raising standards for design reviews, code quality, and incident response • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • 401(k)