Staff Data Engineer, Market Data

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 Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you'll architect, build, an...

Build and operate market data components: feed handlers, normalization, distribution, and venue connectivity.
Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time market data used by trading systems.
Strengthen reliability and performance by contributing to observability, on-call, and incident response.
Write high-quality, well-tested code and raise the quality bar on a lean team.
Partner with engineers, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities.

5+ years of backend engineering, with experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems.
Hands-on experience with market data systems (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and high-throughput messaging (Aeron, SBE, or similar).
Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
Track record delivering features end-to-end and operating what you build.
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID:  P77881
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):
$207,485—$244,100 USD
Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.