Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Risk)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Lead design and delivery of complex risk platform features end-to-end, with stringent correctness, performance, and reliability requirements
• ▹Drive architectural decisions shaping risk detection and mitigation systems
• ▹Partner with Data Science, ML, Risk Analysts, Product, and Compliance to build real-time decisioning engines and incident response tooling
• ▹Build AI-native risk systems leveraging agents to automate detection and response workflows
• ▹Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, write technical design documents, champion engineering best practices
• ▹Own system quality and operational excellence: technical debt, bug triage, incident response and post-mortems

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of backend software engineering experience delivering complex, high-impact systems in production
• ▹Deep proficiency in backend languages (Go, Ruby, Python, or Java) with distributed systems design experience: microservices, event-driven architectures, REST/GraphQL APIs
• ▹Proven ability to translate ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans and working architectures
• ▹Track record leading end-to-end projects: scoping, design, implementation, monitoring, and mentoring
• ▹Experience leading incident response, post-mortems, and measurable operational improvements in high-availability systems

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Equity and bonus eligibility
• ▹Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• ▹Quarterly in-person team gatherings ('surges')

About the company

Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom. It's a remote-first but not remote-only company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called 'surges'.