Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Payments)

Coinbase
US
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to senior frontend engineers with React and React Native expertise working in high-scale consumer payments, comfortable with quarterly in-person work sessions.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers who thrive in intense environments pushing perceived limits.
    — “The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way.
  • Frontend specialists with a track record of improving payment flow performance.
    — “Drive measurable improvements in CUJ latency, availability, and SLOs for the payment flows you own
  • Technical leaders who mentor junior engineers on consumer-facing products.
    — “Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and operate as a senior technical voice

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person work sessions required despite remote-first policy.
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”
  • Application limit of 3 submissions within 6 months applies.
    — “Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

How to stand out

  • Quantify improvements in latency and availability metrics from past roles.
    — “Experience owning SLOs and driving measurable improvements in latency and availability for user-facing flows
  • Showcase experience with React Native in addition to React.
    — “deep expertise in React and React Native
  • Highlight projects where you reduced customer friction at scale.
    — “driving down customer friction at scale
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • reduced customer friction
  • improved user experience
Typical background
software engineeringfrontend development

Skills & requirements

Required

ReactReact NativeFrontend DevelopmentPerformance Optimization

Preferred

AI IntegrationAgile Methodologies

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.

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.

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.

AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation.  Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

Source: Coinbase careers

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