Staff Software Engineer, Platform - Financial Engineering

Coinbase

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$218,025–$256,500 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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This role $237k
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This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $187,850–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $237k versus about $221k for comparable roles.

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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 61 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $191,250–$225,000 across 53 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Platform - Financial Engineering

Staff Software Engineer (Platform - Financial Engineering) joins the Finance Engineering Platform team to own the frontend technical direction for systems transforming trading, payment, and transfer activity into accurate financial records. This role involves building an internal control plane where finance teams monitor health and investigate reconciliation breaks. You will develop React and TypeScript applications featuring high-volume data tables, filtering, visualizations, and transaction investigations. Responsibilities include designing auditable human-in-the-loop workflows, defining end-to-end contracts with backend teams, and establishing best practices for testing, accessibility, performance, and observability. The role requires expertise in state management and API integration to solve complex operational problems within the financial reconciliation and payments domain. You will translate user pain points into technical roadmaps while mentoring engineers and driving high-impact initiatives that ensure accuracy and trust in critical financial systems.

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What you'll do

  • Own the frontend technical strategy and architecture for financial reconciliation and operations products using React and TypeScript.
  • Design auditable human-in-the-loop workflows including validation, approval states, error handling, and permission systems.
  • Define end-to-end contracts with backend and API teams to ensure data capabilities become reliable product features.
  • Establish best practices for frontend quality across testing, accessibility, performance, observability, and feature management.
  • Translate operational pain points from Finance and Accounting users into a clear product and technical roadmap.
  • Drive high-impact initiatives by creating technical clarity and alignment across engineering, product, design, and finance stakeholders.
  • Mentor engineers and raise the team's technical bar through leadership and architectural guidance.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience including building production web applications with React and TypeScript.
  • Fullstack capability across both frontend and backend services.
  • Demonstrated track record leading ambiguous, cross-functional projects from problem definition through implementation and rollout.
  • Deep expertise in frontend architecture including state management, API integration, performance, accessibility, testing, and observability.
  • Experience building data-rich operational products, enterprise software, or workflow systems.
  • Experience in the financial systems, reconciliation, or payments domain (preferred).
  • History of influencing technical direction across organizational boundaries through written designs and stakeholder discussions.
  • Ability to utilize generative AI responsibly to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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