Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is a remote-first company focused on increasing economic freedom, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend for their Advanced Trading team. In this role, you will lead the front-end technical strategy for the trading platform, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with product leadership.
Responsibilities
Own the front-end technical roadmap for Coinbase Advanced, defining architecture decisions that enable a reliable, scalable trading platform across web and mobile
Drive measurable performance improvements across rendering, network efficiency, and state management to deliver a low-latency trading experience
Lead complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives end-to-end, setting and enforcing high standards for code quality, system design, and engineering rigor
Strengthen the engineering team through hands-on mentorship of senior engineers, elevating technical decision-making and fostering growth across the subteam
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to translate business priorities into actionable technical plans and ship high-impact features
Shape front-end engineering practices and patterns that scale with a growing team, establishing conventions that accelerate development velocity
Skills
8+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in modern front-end frameworks (React, React Native, or equivalent) and mobile development environments
Proven track record optimizing complex UI systems for performance, including rendering optimization, network efficiency, and state management at scale
Experience leading technical strategy for a product area, including architecture decisions, trade-off analysis, and cross-team alignment for multi-quarter initiatives
Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and driving measurable improvements in team engineering standards and delivery velocity
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
Familiarity with high-availability, low-latency systems (trading platforms, financial systems, or real-time data applications preferred)
Benefits
Total compensation may also include bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Company Overview
Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It is a sub-organization of Coinbase. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is
Company H1B Sponsorship
Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 56 in 2026, 181 in 2025, 92 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 284 in 2022, 183 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.