Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

The mission of the Platform Product Group engineers is to build a trusted, scalable and compliant platform to operate with speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams build and maintain the platforms critical to the existence of Coinbase. There are many teams that make up this group which include Product Foundations (i.e. Identity, Payment, Risk, Proofing & Regulatory, Finhub), Machine Learning, Customer Experience, and Infrastructure).

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Risk Platform team at Coinbase. Our team is building scalable, intelligent and resilient systems that enable us to proactively identify, assess and mitigate risks in order to protect our customers’ assets and fight fraudulent activities. It is a critical and strategic part to achieve our goal of becoming the most trusted and easiest to use platform.

What you’ll be doing:

Architect and develop distributed systems
Provide technical structure to teams and work closely with management and stakeholders to define strategic roadmaps
Manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques and coding standards
Design and implement foundational infrastructure components used by every engineering team in production (e.g. dynamic configuration, secrets storage, container orchestration, etc)
Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers

What we look for in you:

8+ years of experience in software engineering
You’ve experienced architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems with significant impact
You’re passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together

Nice to haves:

You’ve built financial, high reliability or security systems.
You’ve some exposure to online fraud prevention systems or built them in the past.
You have gone through a rapid growth in your company (from 10 to 100s of engineers)
You have experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices
You’ve worked with Golang, Ruby, Docker, Sinatra, Rails, Postgres
You’ve built financial, high reliability or security systems
Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with onchain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services

Job #: GPBE06US

Answers to crypto-related questions may be used to evaluate your onchain experience.

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

Pay Range:

$218,025—$256,500 USD

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the Know Your Rights notice. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at accommodations[at]coinbase.com to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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Benefits at Coinbase

Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions
Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period
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
The option of getting paid in digital currency

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