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CoinbaseStaff Infrastructure Engineer, Trading
Coinbase is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Trading to join the Institutional Everything Exchange team on a remote basis. Coinbase is building systems that enable the…
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Coinbase is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Trading to join the Institutional Everything Exchange team on a remote basis. Coinbase is building systems that enable the world's largest financial institutions to execute trades across multiple markets with speed, trust, and depth. In this role, the engineer will own the deployment, operational tooling, and infrastructure for latency-sensitive, multi-node trading environments that operate across both cloud and on-premise or colocated venues. This…
Job Description
Coinbase is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Trading to join the Institutional Everything Exchange team on a remote basis. Coinbase is building systems that enable the world's largest financial institutions to execute trades across multiple markets with speed, trust, and depth. In this role, the engineer will own the deployment, operational tooling, and infrastructure for latency-sensitive, multi-node trading environments that operate across both cloud and on-premise or colocated venues.
This position suits an experienced infrastructure professional who thrives in an intense environment and wants to shape trading systems from the ground up. The role involves maintaining around-the-clock reliability, enhancing developer velocity, minimizing single-point-of-failure risks, and partnering closely with product and SRE teams. Employees are expected to meet quarterly for in-person working sessions referred to as surges. Coinbase operates as an equal opportunity employer.
Responsibilities
- Manage infrastructure, deployment processes, and operational tooling for latency-sensitive trading environments across cloud and on-premises setups.
- Ensure continuous reliability and high developer velocity by overseeing observability, deployment safety, and incident response for round-the-clock systems.
- Establish operational benchmarks through automation, standards, and reviews to minimize single-point-of-failure risks within the trading stack.
- Collaborate with platform engineers to guarantee that latency-critical systems remain performant and operable.
- Mentor team members to foster resilience within a lean and high-impact environment.
- Work cross-functionally alongside Product, SRE, and Institutional Markets teams to translate platform needs into a roadmap.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience in infrastructure, platforms, or site reliability engineering with documented ownership of large-scale production systems.
- Demonstrated background running infrastructure specifically for latency-sensitive trading environments, including on-premise and colocated setups.
- Advanced proficiency in observability and logging tools, containerized deployments, bare-metal deployments, and orchestration software.
- Solid understanding of Linux performance and networking fundamentals tailored for latency-critical settings.
- Proven ability to deliver projects end-to-end, covering scoping, implementation, monitoring, deployment safety, and incident response.
- Background working in regulated or financial settings where low-latency performance and reliability are vital.
- Capability to use generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight for business outcomes.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Equity eligibility
- Bonus eligibility
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the location and remote work policy for this role?
The position is remote-first, though it is not entirely remote. Employees are required to attend quarterly in-person working sessions known as surges.
What is the salary range for the Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Trading position?
The annual base salary ranges from $218,025 to $256,500 USD, excluding equity and bonus eligibility.
What are the core experience requirements for applicants?
Candidates must have at least 8 years of infrastructure, platform, or SRE engineering experience, including a track record of running infrastructure for latency-sensitive trading environments with on-premise or colocated deployments.
Are there limits on submitting job applications to Coinbase?
Candidates are restricted to submitting a maximum of 3 applications within any 6-month period.
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