Staff Data Engineer, Market Data

Overview

Staff Data Engineer, Market Data on Coinbase’s Institutional Markets team, building and owning low-latency systems for real-time market data.

What you'll do

• Build and operate market data components including feed handlers, normalization, distribution, and venue connectivity.
• Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time market data used by trading systems.
• Improve reliability and performance via observability, on-call, and incident response.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to raise the quality bar on a lean team.
• Partner with engineers, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver market data capabilities.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience building and maintaining production low-latency systems.
• Hands-on experience with market data systems (feed handlers, normalization, or distribution).
• Proficiency in low-latency Java (or C++) and high-throughput messaging (Aeron, SBE, or similar).
• Familiarity with venue/exchange connectivity and market data protocols (FIX, ITCH/OUCH, multicast).
• Track record delivering features end-to-end and operating what you build.
• Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.

Details

• Location: Remote - USA.
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $207,485 to $244,100 USD.