Senior Backend Engineer, Risk — Real-Time AI-Driven Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical/dental/vision

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. This Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Risk) role focuses on building and optimizing fraud, risk and compliance systems at crypto-market scale.

You will lead end-to-end risk platform features, collaborate with Data Science, ML, Risk Analysts, Product and Compliance, mentor engineers, and drive architecture decisions to balance security with user experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience in production environments.
• Deep proficiency in backend languages (Go, Ruby, Python, Java).
• Experience designing distributed systems (microservices, event-driven, REST/GraphQL).
• Ability to translate requirements into clear technical plans and architectures.
• Experience leading incident response and post-mortems.
• Experience with AI-enabled workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of complex risk platform features end-to-end.
• Drive architectural decisions for risk detection and mitigation systems.
• Collaborate with Data Science, ML, Risk Analysts, Product and Compliance teams.
• Build AI-native risk systems with automated detection and response workflows.
• Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote engineering best practices.
• Own system quality and operational excellence, addressing debt and incidents.

Job description

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. This Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Risk) role focuses on building and optimizing fraud, risk and compliance systems at crypto-market scale.

You will lead end-to-end risk platform features, collaborate with Data Science, ML, Risk Analysts, Product and Compliance, mentor engineers, and drive architecture decisions to balance security with user experience.