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Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Advanced Trading)

Coinbase· Consumer & Business
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Hybrid (USA)$218k - $256.5kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Staff Frontend Engineer responsible for the front-end technical strategy and delivery for Coinbase Advanced, a trading platform for experienced traders. Focus on performance, reliability, and low-latency web/mobile trading interfaces, with leadership across architecture, engineering practices, and team mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Own the front-end technical roadmap for Coinbase Advanced, defining architecture decisions that enable a reliable, scalable trading platform across web and mobile
  • Drive measurable performance improvements across rendering, network efficiency, and state management to deliver a low-latency trading experience
  • Lead complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives end-to-end, setting and enforcing high standards for code quality, system design, and engineering rigor
  • Strengthen the engineering team through hands-on mentorship of senior engineers, elevating technical decision-making and fostering growth across the subteam
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to translate business priorities into actionable technical plans and ship high-impact features
  • Shape front-end engineering practices and patterns that scale with a growing team, establishing conventions that accelerate development velocity

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of iOS or Android mobile software engineering experience (Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android), with working proficiency in the other platform; willingness to develop cross-platform fluency
  • Proven track record optimizing complex UI systems for performance, including rendering optimization, network efficiency, and state management at scale
  • Experience leading technical strategy for a product area, including architecture decisions, trade-off analysis, and cross-team alignment for multi-quarter initiatives
  • Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and driving measurable improvements in team engineering standards and delivery velocity
  • Familiarity with high-availability, low-latency systems (trading platforms, financial systems, or real-time data applications preferred)
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Skills

Required:Frontend architecture and roadmapPerformance optimization (UI, rendering, network, state management)Technical leadershipCross-platform mobile experienceCross-team collaboration

Benefits

  • Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions
  • Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period
  • Disability and Life Insurance
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Wellness Stipend
  • Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Fertility Counseling and Benefits
  • Generous Time off/Leave Policy
  • The option of getting paid in digital currency
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Coinbase

Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

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