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Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Payments)

RemoteHybridFull TimeSenior$186,065–$218,900 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship availableHidden Gem · Himalayas

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Required skills

  • React
  • React Native
  • frontend
  • consumer-facing
  • high-scale environment
  • performance
  • reliability
  • user experience
  • SLOs
  • latency

Nice to have

  • web
  • mobile
  • contact management systems
  • real-time transaction status trackers
  • CX contact rates

Role summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend for their Consumer Payments team. This role involves owning end-to-end frontend development for core crypto payment experiences across web and mobile, focusing on performance, reliability, and user experience. The engineer will drive improvements in latency and availability, build new features, mentor junior engineers, and utilize generative AI responsibly. The position requires 5+ years of experience with React and React Native, and a proven track record of shipping consumer-facing products in high-scale environments.

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.

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend to join the Consumer Payments team within the Consumer Product Group. This team owns the infrastructure, experiences, and controls that power how millions of users send, receive, and move crypto on Coinbase. You'll own critical user journeys across web and mobile, building fast, reliable, and delightful payment flows while mentoring junior engineers and driving down customer friction at scale.

What you’ll do:

  • Own end-to-end frontend development for core crypto money movement experiences, including send, receive, and transaction status tracking across web and mobile
  • Drive measurable improvements in CUJ latency, availability, and SLOs for the payment flows you own
  • Build new user-facing features - such as contact management systems and real-time transaction status trackers
  • Partner with product, design, and backend engineering to scope, prioritize, and ship projects that reduce CX contact rates and improve the customer experience
  • Identify and resolve frontend performance bottlenecks across payment flows, reducing end-to-end latency and improving reliability for millions of users

Required skills and experience:

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in React and React Native
  • Proven track record of shipping consumer-facing products end-to-end in a high-scale environment, with a focus on performance, reliability, and user experience
  • Experience owning SLOs and driving measurable improvements in latency and availability for user-facing flows
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and operate as a senior technical voice on a team of mixed levels
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

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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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