Senior Market Data Engineer

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 ...

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading as part of the Everything Exchange, powering the systems that let the world's largest financial institutions trade across markets with speed, depth, and trust. As a Senior Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you'll build and operate t...

Build and maintain market data components including feed handlers, normalization pipelines, distribution systems, and venue connectivity.
Design and implement low-latency, high-throughput services for real-time market data consumed by trading systems across the platform.
Drive reliability and performance improvements through observability, on-call participation, and incident response.
Write high-quality, well-tested code and contribute to engineering standards on a lean team.
Partner with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities that support Coinbase's institutional trading roadmap.

3+ years of backend engineering experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems.
Hands-on experience with at least one area of market data infrastructure (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and familiarity with high-throughput messaging frameworks (Aeron, SBE, or similar).
Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
Track record shipping features end-to-end and operating what you build in production.
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)). 
 
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$191,250—$225,000 USD
Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.