[Remote] Staff Software Engineer (Institutional, FCM)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is building regulated derivatives infrastructure through its Coinbase Financial Markets futures commission merchant. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership across the FCM lifecycle, including market data, order routing, settlement, reporting, risk, and liquidation, while leading replatforming and reducing legacy dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Own design and architecture across the FCM core, from market data and order routing through settlement, reporting, and risk
• Drive the next-gen replatforming and reduce legacy vendor dependencies while raising stability and reliability
• Set the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and pay down the technical debt that matters most
• Partner across pods (execution, risk, lifecycle) and cross-functionally with Product, CFM Risk and Ops, Finance, and Compliance to deliver correct, auditable systems and turn strategy into a roadmap
• Mentor engineers across the team and act as a force multiplier, elevating code quality and architectural rigor

Skills

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems
• Direct FCM or derivatives experience, with hands-on ownership of one or more parts of the futures trade lifecycle (settlement, clearing, margin/risk, order entry/routing, market data, or back office/books and records)
• Deep proficiency in a modern backend language (Go preferred; Java or similar) and event-driven, high-availability architectures
• Experience in a regulated or financial environment (CFTC/NFA or comparable) where correctness, auditability, and reliability are critical
• Track record delivering end-to-end - scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration - including replatforming or migrating off legacy systems, while still coding hands-on and raising the quality bar
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
• Ion XTP or comparable exchange platform experience

Benefits

• Remote-first work arrangement, with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.”
• Equity eligibility
• Bonus eligibility
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• 401(k)

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