Coinbase Advanced is our advanced trading platform, intended for a more experienced trader. It offers a secure and easy way to buy, sell, and trade digital assets online across various trading pairs. 

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the front-end technical strategy for this platform. This role is designed for a technical leader who can drive significant performance improvements across our web and mobile clients while mentoring a growing team of engineers. 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:

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to define and execute a technical roadmap for a reliable, scalable trading platform
• Lead the technical initiative to deliver a low latency interface for experienced traders across all platforms
• Provide technical guidance and career mentorship to engineers. You will anchor complex projects and ensure high standards for code quality and system design

What we look for in you:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, specifically within modern front-end frameworks and mobile environments.
• Proven track record of optimizing complex systems, with a focus on rendering performance, network efficiency, and state management
• Demonstrated leadership ability, including experience mentoring senior engineers and driving organizational improvements
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical challenges into actionable plans for stakeholders

 Nice to haves:

• You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from 10 to 100s of engineers)
• You have experience building a low latency trading system
• You have experience with Blockchains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc.)
• You have experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices
• You’ve worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres
• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.

Job #:  P75751