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contractSenior Software Engineer, Backend (retail DEX)
Coinbase · Remote - Canada
Coinbase is a company in the cryptocurrency and financial services sector, focused on increasing economic freedom through digital asset infrastructure. As a Senior Software Engineer for the Retail DEX team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the systems that power decentralized exchange trading within the primary Coinbase application. Your day-to-day work will involve integrating new blockchains and decentralized exchanges, designing smart contracts for advanced order types, and scaling real-time data pipelines to handle high-frequency market data. You will bridge the gap between off-chain systems and on-chain environments, ensuring seamless execution for millions of users across networks like Base and Solana. This role is well-suited for a backend engineer with extensive experience in data-intensive systems, high-throughput messaging, and smart contract development. Candidates should be comfortable working in a remote-first environment that emphasizes high-velocity development, agentic-first coding patterns, and the integration of large-scale data infrastructure like Kafka and Redis to optimize trading performance.
Education
- Level: Bachelor's degree
- Courses: B.E
Key Skills
Experience required
5-5 years experienceReady 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 (Retail DEX) We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Retail DEX team within the Consumer & Business group. This team runs all the data and trading systems that power onchain ("DEX") trading within the main Coinbase app, enabling millions of traders to buy and sell 70M+ tokens on major blockchains including Base and Solana. You'll build software systems that straddle the off-chain and onchain worlds to deliver a seamless, unified trading experience regardless of where an asset settles. What you'll do: Integrate new blockchains, decentralized exchanges, and launchpads into the main Coinbase app to unlock more onchain assets for millions of traders Design and implement first-party smart contracts for onchain trading primitives such as DEX aggregation and advanced order types to improve execution quality and capability Scale real-time data pipelines to handle 100K+ messages per second, enabling millisecond-latency processing of blockchain market data Optimize the trading stack end-to-end to deliver the fastest execution, most optimal fills, and most comprehensive asset coverage for DEX traders Drive iteration on agentic-first development patterns, building self-improving software systems and tooling that accelerate team velocity Required Skills and Experience: 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering with demonstrated success building and operating data systems or data pipelines in production Hands-on experience designing data-intensive systems and integrating with large-scale data infrastructure such as Kafka, Clickhouse, Starrocks, Temporal, and Redis Proven experience designing and integrating with onchain smart contracts on EVM (Ethereum, Base) or Solana, with deep understanding of the programming models of one or more of these virtual machines Demonstrated ability to build, iterate on, and improve agentic-first code repositories and software systems in production environments 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: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $191,100 — $191,100 CAD 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 .
Skills for this role
Required skills
Also mentioned in the listing
| Role | Senior Software Engineer, Backend (retail DEX) |
|---|---|
| Company | Coinbase |
| Location | Remote - Canada |
| Type | contract |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-01 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
Typical process for this type of role
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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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