Job brief: Staff Software Engineer, TRUST Network

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• Listed on Coinbase's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-13 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-13.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $218,025 to $256,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - USA · US - Remote Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only)
• Posted: 2026-11-13

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• Required Skills and Experience:

Conditions

• Travel Rule engineering operates the TRUST network, a critical piece of Travel Rule compliance across the industry.
• TRUST defines the protocols members use to securely exchange Travel Rule data with one another, and the team builds innovative solutions with impact well beyond Coinbase.
• We are hiring a Staff Software Engineer to set technical direction as TRUST grows from a small, bespoke network into the operating layer for Travel Rule compliance.

Main duties

• Define the short-term and long-term strategic vision for the TRUST network and sequence it into an engineering roadmap with Product.
• Lead architecture across the network: services, protocols, and integration patterns for member discovery, address registration, counterparty identification, …
• Partner with product, legal, and compliance to translate a rapidly changing regulatory landscape into designs that hold up to scrutiny.
• Lead SDKs, APIs, and infrastructure-as-code templates with engineers across the industry to cut member onboarding from weeks to days.
• Establish network reliability practices and member-facing monitoring without exposing sensitive customer data.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $196k a year (945 listings, 58 employers). This listing is 21% higher.
• Across Coinbase's 39 open listings, 5% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Coinbase hires

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