Senior Frontend Engineer, Portfolio

Coinbase
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Candidates with frontend engineering experience in financial or data-intensive domains and a preference for remote work with periodic in-person collaboration will find this role challenging yet impactful.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of frontend experience in financial or data-heavy applications who thrive in high-performance environments
    — “5+ years of frontend engineering experience building consumer-facing web applications with high-quality, well-tested production code”
  • Individuals who excel in shaping product outcomes through cross-functional collaboration with design and product teams
    — “consistently collaboration alongside design and product partners to shape product outcomes”
  • Candidates who can deliver precise, real-time UIs for high-scale financial platforms and take ownership of complex features
    — “Build performant, accessible, pixel-accurate UI that renders real-time financial data at Coinbase scale”

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person 'surges' are required despite the remote-first model
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges””
  • Candidates must be prepared to work with generative AI while maintaining human oversight
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with real-time financial UIs and end-to-end feature ownership in your resume and interviews
    — “Track record shipping and owning complex features end-to-end in production”
  • Emphasize your ability to drive frontend architecture and maintain high-quality standards through testing and documentation
    — “Drive frontend architecture and quality including component reuse, state management, testing, and performance instrumentation”
  • Showcase your expertise in React and TypeScript with performance and accessibility-focused examples
    — “Deep expertise in React and TypeScript, with strong command of modern frontend fundamentals”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • delivery of core Portfolio experiences
  • building performant UI
  • partnering with backend and design teams
Typical background
5+ years of frontend engineering experienceexperience in financial or data-intensive applications

Skills & requirements

Required

ReactTypeScriptState ManagementUI DesignPerformance OptimizationAccessibility

Preferred

GraphQLRestful ApisMobile Development

Stack & domain

ReactTypeScriptState ManagementRendering PerformanceAccessibilityRest/graphqlComponent ReuseTestingPerformance InstrumentationProblem-solvingAnalyticalCommunicationCollaborationFrontend EngineeringConsumer-facing Web ApplicationsFinancial DataReal-time Financial DataHigh-throughput Uis

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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 Frontend Engineer, Portfolio

The Portfolio team within the Consumer & Business group owns how millions of Coinbase users understand what they hold and how it's performing. We build the balances, holdings, and profit-and-loss experiences at the core of the Coinbase app and website, the surfaces users open first, check most often, and trust most. As a Senior Frontend Engineer on Portfolio, you'll turn complex, real-time financial data into clarity for every kind of Coinbase user, from first-time buyers to sophisticated traders.

What you'll do:

Own the design and delivery of core Portfolio experiences including balances, holdings, and PnL across web (React/TypeScript) and native mobile (iOS and Android)

Build performant, accessible, pixel-accurate UI that renders real-time financial data at Coinbase scale

Partner with backend, design, and product to take ambiguous problems from scoping through production rollout

Drive frontend architecture and quality including component reuse, state management, testing, and performance instrumentation

Strengthen the team's engineering bar through rigorous code reviews, technical mentorship, and well-documented architecture decisions

Required Skills and Experience:

5+ years of frontend engineering experience building consumer-facing web applications with high-quality, well-tested production code

Deep expertise in React and TypeScript, with strong command of modern frontend fundamentals (state management, rendering performance, accessibility)

Track record shipping and owning complex features end-to-end in production, ideally in financial, trading, or other data-intensive applications where accuracy and latency matter

Demonstrated experience building real-time or high-throughput UIs and integrating with backend APIs (REST/GraphQL), with consistent collaboration alongside design and product partners to shape product outcomes

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.

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Source: Coinbase careers

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