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# Senior Software Engineer, Simple Trade Experience

- **Company:** Coinbase, Inc.
- **Location:** Providence, RI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $186,065.0 - $218,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Code Review, Data Stores, Distributed Systems, MongoDB, Redis, Software Engineering, Backend, Legacy Systems, Golang
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000go4me3

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in software engineering with demonstrated success building and scaling production services handling web-scale traffic

 * Proven track record designing, building, and maintaining high-availability distributed systems that evolve over time, ideally in trading or financial systems

 * Deep proficiency in backend systems languages (Java, Golang, or similar) with experience in data stores such as MongoDB or Redis

 * Demonstrated ability to pair customer-focused product thinking with comprehensive observability and operational excellence

 * Experience upgrading or re-architecting significant legacy systems into next-generation platforms

 * Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

## Description

* Own the design and delivery of highly performant, available, and consistent systems powering trading for millions of users worldwide

 * Architect robust, extensible systems that support multiple trading types and assets (Spot, Limit, Recurring, and more) while maintaining reliability at web-scale

 * Partner closely with product and design to define and ship a best-in-class trading experience across web and mobile

 * Drive production service evolution, scaling and maintaining critical trading infrastructure as traffic and product scope grow

 * Strengthen engineering quality across the team through rigorous code reviews, mentorship, and knowledge sharing


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