Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Overseer (Platform)

Coinbase, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Equity

Bonus Eligibility

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking engineers to build and operate real-time systems that ensure financial correctness across fund flows and onboarding tools.

You will collaborate with teams to define correctness contracts, develop AI-powered guardrails, and guarantee production integrity while mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience with distributed systems and backend languages such as Go, Ruby, or Python, and familiarity with streaming data, data stores, and financial

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Ruby, or Python.
• Experience with platform infrastructure, end-to-end ownership, streaming data systems, distributed data stores, and responsible use of generative AI.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate real-time systems that enforce financial correctness across fund flows.
• Partner with teams to define correctness contracts and develop AI-powered guardrails.
• Mentor junior engineers and ensure production integrity guarantees.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Backend Programming

Go

Ruby

Python

Financial Systems

Payments

Streaming Data Infrastructure

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Postgres

DynamoDB

Generative AI

Job description

Build and operate real-time systems that enforce financial correctness across Coinbase fund flows, including detection engines, invariant frameworks, and onboarding tools. Partner with teams to define correctness contracts, develop AI-powered guardrails, and ensure fund flows are covered by production integrity guarantees while mentoring junior engineers.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems, ideally in financial systems, payments, reconciliation, or high-reliability transactional infrastructure, and proficiency in backend languages such as Go, Ruby, or Python. Candidates should have experience with platform infrastructure, end-to-end ownership, streaming data systems, distributed data stores, and responsible use of generative AI.

Key Skills

Distributed Systems, Backend Programming, Go, Ruby, Python, Financial Systems, Payments, Reconciliation, Streaming Data Infrastructure, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Postgres, DynamoDB, System Invariants, Generative AI

Benefits

Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401(k), Equity, Bonus Eligibility