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Coinbase

Senior Market Data Engineer

Coinbase · Remote - USA

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
70 days
Coinbase's roles stay open a median of 103 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Coinbase's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Coinbase
high
219 stale, 5 reposted of 219 open
Hiring momentum
78 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Coinbase's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Coinbase.

About this role

As a Senior Market Data Engineer at Coinbase, you will be responsible for building and maintaining systems that capture, normalize, and distribute real-time market data with low latency. Your role involves designing high-throughput services, improving system reliability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance market data capabilities for institutional trading. You will also write high-quality code and participate in incident response to ensure the performance of the systems you develop.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Coinbase as an employer.

What you need

  • 3+ years of backend engineering experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems
  • Hands-on experience with at least one area of market data infrastructure (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution)
  • Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++)
  • Familiarity with high-throughput messaging frameworks (Aeron, SBE, or similar)
  • Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast)
  • Track record shipping features end-to-end and operating what you build in production

What you get

  • Base salary range: $191,250 — $225,000 USD
  • Total compensation may include equity and bonus eligibility
  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k)

Worth weighing

  • Remote-first but not remote-only; expect quarterly in-person sessions
  • High-performance environment may not suit everyone
  • No specific mention of team size or structure
  • Application limit of 3 within a 6-month period

Summarised from Coinbase's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Coinbase on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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