Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Trading

Remote $218k–$257k 8 days ago full-time quality 9/10

infrastructureSRELinuxobservabilitycontainerizationnetworking

Own infrastructure, deployment, and operational tooling for latency-sensitive, multi-node trading environments across cloud and on-prem.
Drive reliability and developer velocity, owning observability, deploy safety, and incident response for systems that run 24/7.
Set the operational bar through standards, reviews, and automation, and reduce single-point-of-failure risk across the trading stack.
Partner with engineers building the trading platform to make latency-sensitive systems operable and performant.
Mentor engineers and build team resilience across a lean, high-impact environment.
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Institutional Markets, and SRE to turn platform needs into a roadmap.

8+ years of infrastructure, platform, or SRE engineering, with demonstrated ownership of production systems at scale.
Track record running infrastructure for latency-sensitive trading environments, including on-prem/colocated deployments, not generic platform work.
Deep proficiency with orchestration tooling, containerized and baremetal deployments, and observability/logging tooling.
Strong Linux performance and networking fundamentals in latency-critical environments.
Experience delivering end-to-end: scoping, implementation, deploy safety, monitoring, and incident response.
Experience in a regulated or financial environment where reliability and low-latency performance are critical.
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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): $218,025—$256,500 USD.
Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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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