Join Coinbase as a Senior Software Engineer to build backend systems for prediction markets in a remote-first environment.
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
70% hands-on coding
AI in the day-to-day
Coinbase is piloting an AI tool for initial screening interviews and an AI platform for interview note management.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will take charge of developing and managing backend systems for Coinbase's prediction markets, overseeing everything from market creation to settlement. Proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Ruby, Python, or Java is essential, along with experience in building high-availability systems in regulated environments. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong track record in delivering complex projects and a passion for creating impactful financial products. Coinbase's dynamic environment emphasizes high standards and collaboration across teams.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
- Coinbase has 139 other open roles including Concierge Specialist IV, Concierge Specialist IV, Risk & Monitoring Analyst IV.
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- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in Remote - USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $186,065–$218,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in Remote - USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Microservices, event-driven architecture, Java, Ruby, Go, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets) role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
Coinbase is building prediction markets as part of the Everything Exchange, letting millions of users trade on the outcomes of real-world events across sports, politics, crypto, and culture. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Prediction Markets team, you'll design and own the core backend systems that power the full market lifecycle: market creation and discovery, real-time market data, best-in-class trading and order management, oracle-driven market resolution, and settlement, payouts, and fund movement. It's a rare chance to build market infrastructure from the ground up, with the ownership of a startup and the reach of Coinbase.
What you’ll do:
- Own backend services end to end for prediction markets, from market creation and discovery through trading, oracle resolution, settlement, and payout.
- Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for a real-time financial product used by millions of people.
- Drive reliability and performance, owning SLOs, observability, and incident response for systems serving millions of users.
- Set the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and pay down the technical debt that matters most.
- Mentor engineers across the team and partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Institutional Markets, and Compliance to turn product and technical vision into roadmap.
Required skills and experience:
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems
- Deep proficiency in backend languages (Go, Ruby, Python, or Java) with hands-on experience designing microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-availability systems
- Track record of delivering projects end-to-end, including scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration
- Experience building systems in a regulated or financial environment where correctness, auditability, and low-latency performance are critical
- Experience making user-facing product decisions that balance engineering trade-offs with end-user quality, demonstrated through shipped products
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P77070
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Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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- AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.