Sr. Staff Technical Risk Architect, Unified Training

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At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom.

As an Architect on the Trading team, you'll design, build, and own the core trading systems that power Coinbase: order and execution management, algo execution, settlement, multi-venue connectivity, and low-latency messaging that serve our Retail, Prime, and wholesale brokerage customers.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of the end-to-end trading platform: the sequencer, the 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, 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.

Requirements

• Hands-on architect, able to design, build, deploy, and support 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.
• Track record of architecting an end-to-end trading platform (OMS, front/middle office, multi-exchange connectivity), not just a single gateway.
• Deep proficiency in low-latency Java and high-throughput messaging (Aeron, SBE, or similar), 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.

Benefits

• Base salary varies by location (see range below).
• Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Salary Range

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $253,895-$298,700 USD