This role pays more than
78%
of similar roles. Most pay
$135,675–$220,925
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$226k
versus about
$178k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
89 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$186,065–$218,900
across 79 roles with salary data.
As a Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on the Institutional Markets team, you will architect, build, and own systems that generate, capture, normalize, and distribute real-time market data across the platform at low latency. You will lead a lean team to develop feed handlers, distribution backbones, and venue connectivity while ensuring high reliability through observability and incident response. The role focuses on building infrastructure for a unified trading platform where you will design high-throughput systems for trading applications. Required technical skills include proficiency in low-latency Java or C++, experience with high-throughput messaging like Aeron or SBE, and familiarity with market data protocols such as FIX, ITCH/OUCH, and multicast. You must have extensive backend engineering experience to solve complex problems regarding real-time data distribution and infrastructure for institutional trading systems.
What does a Data Engineer earn?
Median $162000 from 195 postings across 59 companies.