Senior Software Engineer, Backend

divh2Senior Software Engineer - Risk Engineering Platform/h2pReady to be pushed beyond what you think youre capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. Its a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, were seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the companys hardest problems. Our work culture is intense and isnt for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, theres no better place to be. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported. The Risk Engineering Platform team at Coinbase is at the forefront of protecting our platform and millions of users from fraud and financial risks. We build flexible, scalable, and customizable engineering systems to detect and prevent fraud in real-time, near-real-time, and scheduled workflows. Our mission is to foster business growth by effectively managing financial risks while maintaining the best possible user experience./ph3The Role/h3pAs a senior software engineer on the risk engineering team, you will provide technical leadership for end-to-end projects while driving architectural decisions that shape our risk detection and mitigation systems. Youll manage complex projects from inception to production, mentor junior engineers, and establish technical standards that elevate the entire teams capabilities. Your work will directly impact millions of users and billions in transaction volume./ph3What Youll Be Doing/h3pstrongTechnical Leadership Delivery/strong/pulliAuthor, review, and approve technical design documents for complex features and systems/liliProvide technical leadership for the delivery of end-to-end projects including implementation, deployment, and monitoring/liliDesign, scope, and significantly contribute to building new systems and/or major features, applying experience-based judgment/liliManage single or multiple projects end-to-end, regardless of size or complexity/liliLead team rituals including on-call rotations, code reviews, and incident response/liliTransform high-level intent and ambiguous business requirements into working architectures/li/ulpstrongSystem Architecture Quality/strong/pulliProactively improve code quality and address technical debt across the teams code bases/liliIdentify, propose, and implement scalable solutions that can be leveraged across the team/liliBuild systems or features that accelerate the teams ability to deliver high-quality work/liliAddress almost all high-impact debt and quality problems while maintaining existing systems/liliLead the teams troubleshooting, bug triaging, and performance/scalability improvements/liliEnsure solutions are workable for teams inside and outside your function/li/ulpstrongMentorship Knowledge Sharing/strong/pulliSupport, coach, and mentor junior engineers within your team/liliShare your knowledge and mastery with others, magnifying the impact of your abilities/liliMake other engineers around me more efficient through guidance and best practices/liliTake ownership of unowned or undesirable work that enables the team to move faster/liliWork with EMs and PMs to champion prioritization/li/ulh3What We Look For In You/h3pstrongRequired Qualifications/strong/pulli5+ years of experience in software engineering with a track record of delivering complex systems/liliDemonstrated ability to lead technical projects and mentor other engineers/liliDeep expertise in at least one backend language (Go, Java, Python, Ruby)/liliExperience building and scaling distributed systems in production/liliStrong understanding of system design, architecture patterns, and trade-offs/liliProven ability to work with ambiguous requirements and drive technical clarity/liliExperience leading incident response and conducting post-mortems/li/ulpstrongPreferred Qualifications/strong/pulliExperience with risk, fraud detection, or financial systems at scale/liliKnowledge of machine learning models in production environments/liliExperience with real-time event processing and streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink)/liliUnderstanding of payment systems (ACH, cards, crypto) and associated fraud patterns/liliExperience with regulatory compliance and security requirements/liliTrack record of improving team productivity through tooling and process improvements/li/ulpstrongTechnical Skills Backend Engineers Should Have/strong/pulliExpert-level proficiency in Go, Java, or Python/liliDeep understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems/liliExperience with database optimization (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake)/liliExpertise in message queuing and event streaming systems/liliStrong understanding of API design, RESTful services, and gRPC/li/ulpPay Range: $186,065$218,900 USD/ppPay Range: $191,000$191,000 CAD/ppCommitment to Equal Opportunity: Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law./p/div