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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Overseer)


Company : Coinbase


Location : Columbus, OH


Created : 2026-04-13


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think youu2019re capable of? At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. Itu2019s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform u2014 and with it, the future global financial system. To achieve our mission, weu2019re 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 companyu2019s hardest problems. Our [work culture](is intense and isnu2019t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, thereu2019s no better place to be. While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported. The Overseer team is Coinbaseu2019s business integrity layer. We make the financial contracts between Coinbaseu2019s systems explicit u2014 the rules that must always hold across every fund flow u2014 and detect violations in real time. When something breaks, we know within seconds, not in the quarterly reconciliation. We work with every team at Coinbase that moves money. What youu2019ll be doing (ie. job duties): Build and scale real-time invariant enforcement across Coinbaseu2019s fund flows. Contribute to the core platform: the detection engine, invariant framework, and tooling that partner teams use to onboard their fund flows. Own workstreams end-to-end: from designing correctness models with partner teams to operating them in production. Build AI guardrails that close the velocity gap: predictive consistency models that flag deviations at initiation (not after settlement), and proactive invariant discovery that surfaces coverage gaps before any team asks u2014 before incidents, not because of them. Mentor junior engineers and lead technical execution on high-impact projects. What we look for in you (ie. job requirements): 5+ years of software development experience with large-scale distributed systems. Strong sense of correctness u2014 not just