# Staff Software Engineer, Backend
**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $218K-$257K
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Go, Java, Distributed Systems, Concurrency, Data Modeling, Order Management, Trade Matching, Settlement, Clearing, Ledger Systems
**Posted:** 2026-06-26
> Staff Backend Engineer owning core systems for order management, trade matching, settlement, and market resolution on Coinbase's prediction markets platform. Requires 8+ years building high-availability, low-latency distributed financial systems.
## Job Description
## What you’ll do
- Own the design, development, and reliability of backend systems that power order management, trade matching, settlement, and market resolution for prediction markets
- Architect distributed systems that enforce strict correctness guarantees across clearing, payout, and position management workflows
- Drive the technical strategy for migrating from third-party venue participation to a fully Coinbase-operated exchange and clearing platform
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Compliance, and Risk teams to ensure the platform meets regulatory requirements and launches with confidence
- Shape engineering standards and practices across the Prediction Markets team, setting a high bar for code quality, system design, and operational rigor
- Partner with engineers across Consumer & Business to identify shared infrastructure opportunities and reduce duplication across trading surfaces

## Required skills and experience
- 8+ years of backend software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of high-availability, low-latency distributed systems in production
- Proven track record designing systems where financial correctness is non-negotiable, such as order management, settlement, clearing, or ledger systems
- Experience leading complex, multi-quarter technical projects as the senior technical decision-maker, including architecture design, trade-off analysis, and cross-team coordination
- Deep proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Go, Java, or similar) and strong fundamentals in distributed systems, concurrency, and data modeling
- Track record of mentoring and elevating engineers across a team, raising standards for design reviews, code quality, and incident response
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
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