Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer - Agentic Trading)

Own backend services powering Coinbase Advisor and Strategies, from technical design through launch and ongoing operation.

Build integrations with Coinbase's trading APIs so agent recommendations and user-configured strategies translate into correct, auditable execution.

Develop our agentic harness, including tool calling, orchestration, persistent state, and recovery from failed or partially completed actions.

Shape agent behavior through prompt engineering, evals, and conversation analysis, partnering with our registered investment adviser on changes to financial advice.

Strong experience with API design, distributed systems, data modeling, testing, and debugging production failures.

Proficiency in Go or demonstrated ability to learn it quickly.

Experience building production LLM or agentic systems, including tool calling, orchestration, or evaluation.

Proven ability to take ambiguous projects from zero to production with minimal oversight and sound product and technical judgment.