Coinbase

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets)

Remote - USA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$186k-$219kDetected 25 days ago

PythonJavaGoRubyDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentMachine LearningLLMsIncident Response

About the role

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career?
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.

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.
Experience building systems in a regulated or financial environment where correctness, auditability, and low-latency performance are critical
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here.
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.

Deep proficiency in backend languages (Go, Ruby, Python, or Java) with hands-on experience designing microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-availability systems
Experience making user-facing product decisions that balance engineering trade-offs with end-user quality, demonstrated through shipped products
Required skills and experience:

5+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems
Track record of delivering projects end-to-end, including scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration
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 will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

$186,065 - $218,900 USD
Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
Mentor engineers across the team and partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Institutional Markets, and Compliance to turn product and technical vision into roadmap.
AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants.

At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom.
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.

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.
If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com.

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