Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Coinbase

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$218,025–$256,500 / yr
Posted
91 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $207k
This role $237k
$155k most similar roles pay here $267k

This role pays more than 75% of similar roles. Most pay $175,375–$238,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $237k versus about $207k 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.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Advanced Trading) joins the Advanced Trading team within the Consumer & Business group to lead front-end technical strategy for a trading platform designed for experienced traders. This role involves owning the roadmap and architecture for web and mobile clients while driving measurable improvements in rendering, network efficiency, and state management to ensure low-latency performance across multiple instrument types. The successful candidate will lead multi-quarter initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and establish scalable engineering practices. Required expertise includes over eight years of experience with modern front-end frameworks like React or React Native, along with mobile development skills. The role focuses on the technical intersection of crypto, trading infrastructure, and consumer products, specifically solving problems related to high-availability, low-latency systems and real-time data applications while utilizing generative AI tools responsibly to improve workflow efficiency.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define the front-end technical roadmap and architecture for the Coinbase Advanced trading platform.
  • Optimize rendering, network efficiency, and state management to deliver low-latency trading experiences.
  • Lead complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives while enforcing high standards for code quality and system design.
  • Mentor senior engineers to improve technical decision-making and foster professional growth within the team.
  • Translate business priorities from leadership into actionable technical plans and high-impact features.
  • Establish scalable front-end engineering practices and patterns to increase development velocity.
  • Manage the performance, reliability, and scalability of web and mobile trading clients across multiple instruments.

What we're looking for

  • At least 8 years of software engineering experience is required.
  • Deep expertise in modern front-end frameworks such as React or React Native is required.
  • Experience with mobile development environments is required.
  • Proven track record of optimizing complex UI systems for rendering, network efficiency, and state management at scale.
  • Experience leading technical strategy for a product area including architecture decisions and trade-off analysis.
  • Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and improving team engineering standards.
  • Familiarity with high-availability, low-latency systems like trading platforms or financial systems is preferred.
  • Ability to use generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency and quality.

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