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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Prediction Markets)

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186K-219K Annually
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186K-219K Annually
Senior level
Design, build, and own backend services for prediction markets across market lifecycle: creation, trading, oracle resolution, settlement, and payouts. Build low-latency, high-throughput microservices and event-driven systems, drive reliability via SLOs and observability, lead incident response, set technical standards, and mentor engineers while partnering cross-functionally to deliver product and compliance-aligned roadmaps.
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Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

Coinbase is building prediction markets as part of the Everything Exchange, letting millions of users trade on the outcomes of real-world events across sports, politics, crypto, and culture. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Prediction Markets team, you'll design and own the core backend systems that power the full market lifecycle: market creation and discovery, real-time market data, best-in-class trading and order management, oracle-driven market resolution, and settlement, payouts, and fund movement. It's 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:

  • Own backend services end to end for prediction markets, from market creation and discovery through trading, oracle resolution, settlement, and payout.
  • Design low-latency, high-throughput systems for a real-time financial product used by millions of people.
  • Drive reliability and performance, owning SLOs, observability, and incident response for systems serving millions of users.
  • Set the technical bar through code, design reviews, and standards, and pay down the technical debt that matters most.
  • Mentor engineers across the team and partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Institutional Markets, and Compliance to turn product and technical vision into roadmap.

Required skills and experience:

  • 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
  • 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
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Position ID:  P77070

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


Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$186,065$218,900 USD
  • Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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  • Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
  • Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of Disputes.
  • AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation.  Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

Coinbase Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Office

Coinbase Charlotte Office

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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