Senior Staff Technical Architect, Unified Trading

Coinbase

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$253,895–$298,700 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
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Above market

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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 94 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Technical Architect, Unified Trading

The Sr. Staff Technical Architect, Unified Trading joins the Trading team to design, build, and own core trading systems for the Everything Exchange. This role involves architecting the end-to-end trading platform, including the sequencer, low-latency connectivity and messaging fabric, OMS/EMS, multi-venue connectivity, and execution. The architect will design high-throughput systems for real-time financial products, driving reliability, performance, and observability while managing technical debt and mentoring others. Key technical requirements include deep proficiency in low-latency Java and high-throughput messaging tools like Aeron and SBE to build event-driven, high-availability systems. The work focuses on solving complex problems in a regulated financial environment where correctness, auditability, and low-latency performance are critical for processing billions of dollars in daily transactions across retail and institutional markets.

What you'll do

  • Own the architecture of the end-to-end trading platform including the sequencer, messaging fabric, and OMS/EMS.
  • Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time financial products across institutional and retail markets.
  • Drive system reliability by owning SLOs, observability, and incident response for high-stakes trading systems.
  • Set technical standards through code reviews and design while prioritizing the reduction of critical technical debt.
  • Reduce single-point-of-failure risks across the trading stack and provide technical mentorship to the team.
  • Partner with Product, Risk, Security, and Compliance teams to translate technical vision into a product roadmap.
  • Build and support 24/7 trading systems capable of processing billions of dollars in daily transactions.

What we're looking for

  • Hands-on experience designing, building, deploying, and supporting 24/7 trading systems processing billions of dollars daily.
  • Extensive backend engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems.
  • Track record of architecting end-to-end trading platforms including OMS, front/middle office, and multi-exchange connectivity.
  • Deep proficiency in low-latency Java and high-throughput messaging like Aeron or SBE for event-driven, high-availability systems.
  • Experience delivering projects end-to-end, including scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Experience building systems in regulated or financial environments where correctness, auditability, and low-latency performance are critical.
  • Experience making user-facing product decisions that balance engineering trade-offs with end-user quality.
  • Experience with the responsible use of generative AI to deliver business-ready outputs and measurable workflow improvements.

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