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full-timeSenior Software Engineer, Backend/fullstack (coinbase Advisor - Agentic Trading)
Coinbase · Remote - USA
Coinbase is a financial technology company focused on increasing economic freedom through its digital asset exchange and related services. The Senior Software Engineer for the Advisor team will work on an agentic trading system, which functions as an AI-driven advisor within the company's application. This role is primarily backend-focused and involves building and maintaining services that allow for natural language interaction, personalized financial advice, and automated trade execution. Daily responsibilities include designing backend services, integrating with internal trading APIs, developing orchestration frameworks for agentic systems, and implementing safeguards to ensure execution safety and reliability. The role requires close collaboration with frontend engineers, product teams, and legal compliance departments to navigate regulatory requirements. This position is well-suited for a candidate with over five years of professional experience in backend development and distributed systems who has a demonstrated history of building production-grade LLM or agentic applications. Proficiency in Go is preferred, alongside a strong ability to manage complex, ambiguous projects from initial design through to production deployment.
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 . Senior Software Engineer, Backend/Fullstack (Coinbase Advisor - Agentic Trading) We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Coinbase Advisor team within the Consumer & Business group. Coinbase Advisor is the world's first RIA-licensed agentic trading system: an AI advisor living inside the Coinbase app that holds a natural conversation about a user's portfolio, gives personalized financial advice, and executes trades on their behalf. This role is primarily backend on a full-stack team. You'll own the services that make agentic trading feel fast, clear, and trustworthy for millions of customers. What you'll do: Own backend services powering Coinbase Advisor and Strategies, from technical design through launch and ongoing operation Build integrations with Coinbase's trading APIs so agent recommendations and user-configured strategies translate into correct, auditable execution Develop our agentic harness, including tool calling, orchestration, persistent state, and recovery from failed or partially completed actions Shape agent behavior through prompt engineering, evals, and conversation analysis, partnering with our registered investment adviser on changes to financial advice Improve service reliability, latency, observability, and execution safety, including retry behavior and safeguards against duplicate actions Partner with frontend engineering, product, design, trading infrastructure, and legal/compliance to ship customer-facing capabilities within regulatory guardrails Required Skills and Experience: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend expertise and a track record of shipping and operating production services Strong experience with API design, distributed systems, data modeling, testing, and debugging production failures Proficiency in Go or demonstrated ability to learn it quickly Experience building production LLM or agentic systems, including tool calling, orchestration, or evaluation Proven ability to take ambiguous projects from zero to production with minimal oversight and sound product and technical judgment Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. 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. US Applicants: View Employee Rights , Know Your Rights , and E-Verify Notice of Participation. 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 .
| Role | Senior Software Engineer, Backend/fullstack (coinbase Advisor - Agentic Trading) |
|---|---|
| Company | Coinbase |
| Location | Remote - USA |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-08 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 1ApplicationSubmit your resume through the apply link.
- 2ScreeningRecruiter reviews your background against the role.
- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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