Coinbase

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Institutional Exchange

Coinbase · Remote - USA

Posted 12 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
12 days
Coinbase's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Coinbase's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Coinbase
low
0 stale, 5 reposted of 219 open
Hiring momentum
265 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Institutional Exchange team at Coinbase, you will lead the architectural direction for critical trading systems, including the matching engine and order management. Your role involves driving technical strategy, ensuring quality standards, and mentoring other engineers while maintaining hands-on contributions. You will also facilitate cross-team alignment and oversee initiatives that impact the trading platform's performance and reliability.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
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

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • Significant ownership of production trading, exchange, or market-data systems at scale
  • Deep expertise in low-latency distributed systems and a backend language such as Java, C++, or Go
  • Demonstrated architectural ownership of an end-to-end trading platform
  • Proven track record influencing technical direction across multiple teams
  • Experience operating latency-sensitive systems in on-prem/colocated and cloud environments

Nice to have

  • Deep crypto experience

What you get

  • Base salary range of $262,650 — $309,000 USD
  • Total compensation may include equity and bonus eligibility
  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

Worth weighing

  • Remote-first but requires quarterly in-person sessions
  • High-pressure environment with a focus on pushing limits
  • No specific mention of work-life balance
  • Application limit of 3 submissions within a 6-month period

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Listed by Coinbase on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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