Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Risk)

Details

At Coinbase you will help protect millions of users from fraud, financial crime, and financial risk. Coinbase is remote-first (not remote-only); candidates should expect quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.” This role sits on the Risk Engineering team within the Consumer & Business group and serves as the technical anchor for risk systems that operate at the scale and speed of crypto markets.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture of Coinbase's Risk Platform, including real-time fraud detection engines, risk decisioning systems, financial risk monitoring, and mitigation infrastructure operating at high throughput with low latency and 24x7 availability.
• Shape multi-quarter technical strategies for the Risk Platform, identifying opportunities to simplify complexity, improve reliability, reduce fraud losses, and scale risk capabilities across new products, asset classes, and jurisdictions.
• Lead the design and implementation of critical risk systems, translating ambiguous, high-stakes business requirements into scalable, resilient architectures that balance fraud prevention with user experience.
• Partner cross-functionally with Data Science, ML, Product, Compliance, and senior leadership to define the roadmap and ensure the risk platform evolves ahead of emerging threats and regulatory requirements.
• Build AI-native risk systems that leverage fleets of agents to automate complex detection and response workflows, significantly reducing the need for manual intervention.
• Strengthen the team's technical capability through architecture reviews, code reviews, engineering standards for quality and performance, and hands-on mentorship of engineers at all levels.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience with significant experience architecting and developing high-throughput, low-latency production systems at scale.
• Deep expertise in backend systems design (microservices, event-driven architectures, REST/GraphQL APIs) with a track record of building systems that meet high-availability and correctness requirements.
• Proven ability to define and execute multi-quarter technical strategies, influence engineering direction across teams, and translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear, actionable technical plans.
• Experience architecting solutions for complex, high-stakes domains where correctness, latency, and reliability are critical, delivering impactful systems that operate at scale.
• Demonstrated success raising the technical bar for a team through architectural guidance, engineering culture improvements, and mentorship of senior engineers with measurable outcomes.
• Experience utilizing generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Benefits & Compensation

• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $217,900 CAD — $217,900 CAD.
• Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Other information

• Remote - Canada (role is remote-first; #LI-Remote).
• Application limit: candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• Internal code: P77062.