Sr. Staff Technical Risk Architect, Unified Trading

As a Sr. Staff Technical Risk Architect on the Trading team at Coinbase, you'll design, build, and own the core trading systems that power the Everything Exchange. You architect order and execution management, algo execution, settlement, multi-venue connectivity, and low-latency messaging serving Retail, Prime, and wholesale brokerage customers. This is a rare chance to architect trading infrastructure from the ground up with the ownership of a startup and the reach of Coinbase.

What you'll do

• Own the architecture of the end-to-end trading platform: the sequencer, low-latency connectivity and messaging fabric, OMS/EMS, multi-venue connectivity, and execution
• Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for real-time financial products used across institutional and retail markets
• Drive reliability and performance by owning SLOs, observability, and incident response for systems where correctness and latency are non-negotiable
• Set the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and pay down the technical debt that matters most
• Reduce single-point-of-failure risk across the trading stack and build team resilience through mentorship
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Risk, Security, and Compliance to turn technical vision into a roadmap

What you bring

• Hands-on architecture experience designing, building, deploying, and supporting 24/7 trading systems that process billions of dollars of transactions daily
• Extensive backend engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems
• A track record architecting an end-to-end trading platform including OMS, front/middle office, and multi-exchange connectivity, not just a single gateway
• Deep proficiency in low-latency Java and high-throughput messaging frameworks such as Aeron or SBE, designing event-driven, high-availability systems
• Experience delivering projects end-to-end: scoping, architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iteration
• Experience building systems in a regulated or financial environment where correctness, auditability, and low-latency performance are critical
• Experience making user-facing product decisions that balance engineering trade-offs with end-user quality, demonstrated through shipped products
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

What we offer

• Base salary of $253,895 to $298,700 USD annually (varies by location)
• Total compensation includes equity and bonus eligibility
• Benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
• Remote-first work with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges"

About Coinbase

Coinbase is building the future of institutional trading through the Everything Exchange, powering systems that let the world's largest financial institutions trade across markets with speed, depth, and trust. The company is uncompromising on its mission to increase economic freedom.