Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets)

ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and own the core backend systems that power the full market lifecycle for Coinbase's Prediction Markets. As part of the Everything Exchange, you'll have a rare chance to build market infrastructure from the ground up, with the ownership of a startup and the reach of Coinbase. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Software Engineer on the Prediction Markets team, your responsibilities will include: - Owning backend services end to end for prediction markets, from market creation and discovery through trading, oracle resolution, settlement, and payout. - Designing low-latency, high-throughput systems for a real-time financial product used by millions of people. - Driving reliability and performance, owning SLOs, observability, and incident response for systems serving millions of users. - Setting the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and paying down the technical debt that matters most. - Mentoring engineers across the team and partnering cross-functionally with Product, Design, Institutional Markets, and Compliance to turn product and technical vision into a roadmap. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you'll need: - 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade distributed systems. - Deep proficiency in backend languages (Go, Ruby, Python, or Java) with hands-on experience designing microservices, event-driven architectures, and high-availability systems. - A track record of delivering projects end-to-end, including 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. - The ability to utilize generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. WHY REMOTE Coinbase is a remote-first company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges." This role will allow you to work from anywhere while still collaborating with a talented team. BENEFITS Coinbase offers a competitive annual base salary range of $186,065 - $218,900 USD, as well as equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).