Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Platform - Risk)

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Platform Product Group builds trusted, scalable, and compliant platform foundations used by multiple products and teams at Coinbase. The Risk engineering team’s charter is to effectively manage financial threats to the business and Coinbase users by building platform services to mitigate fraudulent activities at scale and improve detection of good user patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement next-generation core Risk platform architecture that powers Coinbase
• Interact with stakeholders across organizations that build Coinbase products or are responsible for financial operations
• Participate in shaping the strategy and execution path of the Risk platform
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables using technical expertise
• Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to meet the needs of your customers

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in backend software engineering using Golang or similar languages
• Proven track record of delivering impactful solutions that power significant risk flows
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and maintaining high-throughput and low-latency production services
• Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
• Strong technical knowledge of building distributed systems that process massive scale
• Solid communication skills and ability to communicate with stakeholders across technical and non-technical backgrounds
• Relentless drive to set and persevere toward ambitious goals
• Passion for building an open financial system

Nice to Haves

• Domain expertise in Risk engineering
• Experience working closely with Machine Learning models and leveraging them to scale execution of risk use cases at large scale
• Experience in both startups and large enterprises

Pay Transparency

Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full-time offers from Coinbase also include bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Pay Range: $246,500—$290,000 USD

Work Location & Culture

Many roles at Coinbase are remote-first but not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually; attendance is expected and supported.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account with company contributions
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Volunteer Time Off
• Fertility Counseling and Benefits
• Generous time off/leave policy
• Option of getting paid in digital currency

Other Information

• Job ID: GPBE07US-PF
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. For accommodations, contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com.
• Global Data Privacy Notice and other candidate notices are provided in the original posting.
• AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting AI tools for initial screening interviews and interview intelligence for transcription and summarization; these pilots are for testing and AI will not be used to make employment decisions.