# FCM Tech Lead

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $218k – $257k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Java, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, High Availability, Market Data, Order Routing, Settlement, Risk Management, Generative AI, Ion Xtp
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Leads architecture and hands-on backend engineering for a regulated futures trading and clearing platform, covering trade lifecycle systems, replatforming, reliability, and risk. Requires extensive distributed-systems experience, direct FCM or derivatives expertise, and proficiency in Go, Java, or a similar backend language.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own design and architecture across the FCM core, including market data, order routing, settlement, reporting, and risk.
- Drive replatforming onto next-generation architecture while reducing legacy vendor dependencies.
- Establish technical standards through hands-on coding and design reviews, and address high-impact technical debt.
- Partner with execution, risk, and lifecycle engineering pods, as well as Product, CFM Risk and Operations, Finance, and Compliance.
- Deliver correct, auditable systems and translate strategy into a roadmap.
- Mentor engineers and raise engineering quality across the team.

## Requirements
- Extensive backend engineering experience owning complex, production-grade distributed systems.
- Direct futures commission merchant or derivatives experience across areas such as settlement, clearing, margin and risk, order entry and routing, market data, or back-office books and records.
- Deep proficiency in a modern backend language, preferably Go; Java or similar experience is also relevant.
- Experience with event-driven, highly available architectures.
- Experience in a regulated or financial environment where correctness, auditability, and reliability are critical.
- Track record delivering end-to-end, from scoping and architecture through implementation, monitoring, and iteration.
- Experience replatforming or migrating from legacy systems while remaining hands-on in coding and technical leadership.
- Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

## Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Ion XTP.

## Compensation
- Annual base salary: $218,025–$256,500 USD.
- Additional compensation may include equity, bonus eligibility, and medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.

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