Y Combinator Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Risk Platform
Summary
Design and build Coinbase’s risk platform to detect fraud and suspicious patterns at scale using distributed systems with high throughput and low latency.
Coinbase is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to advance the Risk platform within the Platform Product Group. You will design and implement core architecture to power Coinbase, collaborating with multiple product and operations teams to mitigate fraud at scale and improve detection of patterns among users.
The role emphasizes building distributed systems with high throughput and low latency, mentoring teammates, and delivering measurable impact on risk flows.