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# Sr. Staff Technical Architect, Unified Trading

- **Company:** Coinbase, Inc.
- **Location:** Tallahassee, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $253,895.0 - $298,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Technical Debt
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3363338329&tx=FK7976FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Hands-on architect, able to design, build, deploy, and support 24/7 risk systems that process billions of dollars of transactions daily.
 * Extensive backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems.
 * Track record of architecting a cross-asset risk system (crypto, equities, FCM, or derivatives) with user/portfolio modeling and real-time, cross-portfolio evaluation at scale.
 * Deep proficiency in low-latency Java and high-throughput messaging (Aeron, SBE, or similar), designing event-driven, high-availability systems.
 * Experience with multifactor and borrow risk, margin, or clearing in a regulated or financial environment where correctness, auditability, and low-latency performance are critical.
 * Experience delivering projects end-to-end: scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration.
 * Experience making decisions that balance engineering trade-offs with end-user quality, demonstrated through shipped products.
 * Responsible use of generative AI, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

## Description

* Own the architecture of the real-time, cross-asset risk and margin engine: user and portfolio modeling, multifactor and borrow risk, and cross-portfolio evaluation at scale.
 * Design low-latency, high-throughput risk systems, keeping correctness and performance in step with a growing trading platform.
 * Drive reliability and performance, owning SLOs, observability, and incident response for risk-critical systems.
 * Set the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and pay down the technical debt that matters most.
 * Serve as the risk-architecture anchor for the team, mentoring engineers and reducing single-point-of-failure risk.
 * Partner cross-functionally with Product, Trading, Financing/Credit Risk, Security, and Compliance to turn technical vision into a roadmap.


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