Senior Backend Engineer - Risk Systems (Remote-First)

Coinbase, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Risk) to design, build, and optimize high-availability risk platforms that detect and prevent fraud in real time at crypto-scale.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, mentor engineers, and coordinate with Data Science, ML, Risk, Product, and Compliance to balance security with user experience. You will architect scalable systems, drive implementation, and contribute to post-mortems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with production impact.
• Proficiency in Go, Ruby, Python or Java; distributed systems design.
• Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into technical plans.
• Track record leading end-to-end projects with long-term impact.
• Experience leading incident response and post-mortems.
• Uses AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of complex risk platform features end-to-end, from architecture through implementation, deployment, and monitoring, with stringent requirements for correctness, performance, and reliability
• Drive architectural decisions shaping risk detection and mitigation systems, balancing fraud prevention with user experience
• Partner cross-functionally with Data Science, ML, Risk Analysts, Product, and Compliance teams to build proactive and reactive risk systems
• Build AI-native risk systems that automate complex detection and response workflows, reducing manual intervention
• Mentor engineers, conduct rigorous code reviews, draft technical designs, and promote engineering best practices
• Own system quality and operational excellence by addressing technical debt, triaging bugs, and leading incident response and post-mortems

Skills

Go

Ruby

Python

Java

Distributed systems

REST/GraphQL

Mentoring

Incident response

AI workflows

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Risk) to design, build, and optimize high-availability risk platforms that detect and prevent fraud in real time at crypto-scale.

You will lead end-to-end delivery, mentor engineers, and coordinate with Data Science, ML, Risk, Product, and Compliance to balance security with user experience. You will architect scalable systems, drive implementation, and contribute to post-mortems.