Join Coinbase as a Senior Software Engineer to build systems for onchain trading in a remote-first environment.
Posted by employer 14 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 6 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Integrate new blockchains and decentralized exchanges into the Coinbase app
- Design and implement smart contracts for onchain trading
- Scale real-time data pipelines for blockchain market data
- Optimize the trading stack for execution and asset coverage
- Drive iteration on agentic-first development patterns
Must have
- 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering
- Hands-on experience designing data-intensive systems
- Proven experience designing and integrating with onchain smart contracts
Practical constraints
- Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period
AI in the day-to-day
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will focus on developing and optimizing backend systems that facilitate onchain trading within the Coinbase app, impacting millions of users. Key skills include extensive experience with data-intensive systems, smart contract integration on platforms like Ethereum and Solana, and proficiency in technologies such as Kafka and Redis. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in backend development and a passion for blockchain technology. The Retail DEX team operates in a fast-paced environment, emphasizing collaboration and innovation.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Coinbase's careers page October 14, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at Coinbase: Remote - Canada.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 58% of 52 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Kafka we track (median $180,000 across 28 companies). See Kafka salary trends
- Kafka appears in 13.7% of 496 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Base appears in 0.2% of 496 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Retail DEX) role remote?
- Yes — Coinbase lists this as a fully remote position.
- 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 (Retail DEX) role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Base, ClickHouse, Ethereum, Kafka, Redis, Solana.
- 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 (Retail DEX) 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.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Retail DEX)
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Retail DEX team within the Consumer & Business group. This team runs all the data and trading systems that power onchain ("DEX") trading within the main Coinbase app, enabling millions of traders to buy and sell 70M+ tokens on major blockchains including Base and Solana. You'll build software systems that straddle the off-chain and onchain worlds to deliver a seamless, unified trading experience regardless of where an asset settles.
What you'll do:
- Integrate new blockchains, decentralized exchanges, and launchpads into the main Coinbase app to unlock more onchain assets for millions of traders
- Design and implement first-party smart contracts for onchain trading primitives such as DEX aggregation and advanced order types to improve execution quality and capability
- Scale real-time data pipelines to handle 100K+ messages per second, enabling millisecond-latency processing of blockchain market data
- Optimize the trading stack end-to-end to deliver the fastest execution, most optimal fills, and most comprehensive asset coverage for DEX traders
- Drive iteration on agentic-first development patterns, building self-improving software systems and tooling that accelerate team velocity
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering with demonstrated success building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production
- Hands-on experience designing data-intensive systems and integrating with large-scale data infrastructure such as Kafka, Clickhouse, Starrocks, Temporal, and Redis
- Proven experience designing and integrating with onchain smart contracts on EVM (Ethereum, Base) or Solana, with deep understanding of the programming models of one or more of these virtual machines
- Demonstrated ability to build, iterate on, and improve agentic-first code repositories and software systems in production environments
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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