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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Retail DEX)

Coinbase· Consumer & Business
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Hybrid (USA)$186.1k - $218.9kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Backend engineer on the Retail DEX team building data and trading systems that power onchain trading within the Coinbase app, integrating off-chain and onchain components for a seamless trading experience across multiple blockchains including Base and Solana.

Responsibilities

  • Integrate new blockchains, decentralized exchanges, and launchpads into the main Coinbase app to unlock more onchain assets for millions of traders
  • Design and implement first-party smart contracts for onchain trading primitives such as DEX aggregation and advanced order types to improve execution quality and capability
  • Scale real-time data pipelines to handle 100K+ messages per second, enabling millisecond-latency processing of blockchain market data
  • Optimize the trading stack end-to-end to deliver the fastest execution, most optimal fills, and most comprehensive asset coverage for DEX traders
  • Drive iteration on agentic-first development patterns, building self-improving software systems and tooling that accelerate team velocity

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering with demonstrated success building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production
  • Hands-on experience designing data-intensive systems and integrating with large-scale data infrastructure such as Kafka, Clickhouse, Starrocks, Temporal, and Redis
  • Proven experience designing and integrating with onchain smart contracts on EVM (Ethereum, Base) or Solana, with deep understanding of the programming models of one or more of these virtual machines
  • Demonstrated ability to build, iterate on, and improve agentic-first code repositories and software systems in production environments
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Skills

Required:Backend developmentData infrastructureOnchain smart contract integrationAgentic-first development

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
  • Health Savings Account with company contributions
  • 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
  • Option to get paid in digital currency
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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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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