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Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Advanced Trading)
Coinbase · 🇺🇸 Remote - USA · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 119 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 44 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Coinbase paid sponsored hires in similar roles26 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $179k–$257k, median $219k. Most were filed at wage level IV (44%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 119 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 44 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 . As a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend on the Advanced Trading team within the Consumer & Business group, you'll lead the front-end technical strategy for Coinbase Advanced, our trading platform for experienced traders. You'll own the performance, reliability, and scalability of our web and mobile trading clients, driving low-latency interfaces that serve traders across multiple instrument types. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of crypto, trading infrastructure, and consumer product, where your technical leadership will shape both the platform and the engineering team building it. What you'll do: • 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 Required Skills and Experience: • 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 • Familiarity with high-availability, low-latency systems (trading platforms, financial systems, or real-time data applications preferred) • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. P75751 #LI-Remote Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)). Annual base salary range (excluding bonus): $218,025 — $256,500 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 or