Specialty
The role
Coinbase is hiring a Senior Staff Technical Architect for its Unified Trading platform, owning the core trading systems: order and execution management, algo execution, settlement and multi-venue connectivity. Coinbase is remote-first, with quarterly in-person sessions.
What you will do
- Own the architecture of the end-to-end trading platform: sequencer, low-latency messaging, OMS/EMS, multi-venue connectivity and execution
- Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for institutional and retail markets
- Own SLOs, observability and incident response for systems where correctness and latency matter
- Set the technical bar through code, design reviews and standards
- Reduce single points of failure and mentor engineers
- Work with Product, Risk, Security and Compliance on the roadmap
What they ask for
- Hands-on architect who has built and supported 24/7 trading systems handling billions of dollars daily
- Extensive backend experience owning complex distributed production systems
- Architected an end-to-end trading platform (OMS, front/middle office, multi-exchange connectivity)
- Deep low-latency Java and messaging such as Aeron or SBE
- Delivered projects end to end, from scoping to iteration
- Experience in regulated or financial environments
- Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight
What they offer
- Equity and bonus eligibility on top of base salary
- Medical, dental, vision and 401(k) benefits
- Remote-first with quarterly in-person sessions
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