This role pays more than
71%
of similar roles. Most pay
$144,350–$214,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$202k
versus about
$179k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Coinbase
Coinbase Global is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform where consumers can buy, sell, and store digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange & Financial Technology
Coinbase currently has
58 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$215,177–$253,150
across 50 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Trading on the Exchange team within the Institutional product group, you will build and operate real-time trading systems including matching engines, order management, market data, and funding rate computation. You will develop low-latency, event-sourced trading systems across cloud and colocated environments while ensuring the reliability of production systems processing high-throughput financial data 24/7. Your daily work involves writing performance-critical code, designing distributed systems with strict correctness requirements, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver complex technical projects. You will utilize Java, C++, or Go to manage latency-sensitive workloads involving JVM or Linux performance tuning. The role focuses on the core infrastructure required to clear high volumes of financial data for institutional clients, solving critical problems in trade execution, risk management, and system failover design within a high-performance backend environment.