Coinbase
Financial Services
StaffSoftwareEngineer(TechLead,Backend-Platform(Overseer)
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“Staff Software Engineer (Tech Lead, Backend - Platform (Overseer) at Coinbase. Skills: Distributed systems, Backend architecture, Platform engineering, AI applications. Own technical strategy. Own architecture”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure correctness infrastructure scales; Drive measurable improvements
Industry & Context.
Detecting violations; Root cause analysis
Quarterly surges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years distributed systems experience, Track record of influencing technical direction, Demonstrated technical lead experience, Platform-builder mindset, Deep expertise in backend programming, Experience designing systems for correctness, Experience designing systems for performance, Experience designing systems for scalability, Experience in financial environments, Experience in high-stakes distributed environments, Track record of elevating team technical quality, Utilizes generative AI responsibly
Nice to Have
Experience with Go, Experience with Python, Experience with Java
What You'll Do.
Own technical strategy
Shape engineering standards
Shape technical culture
Partner with leadership
Align correctness requirements
Resolve technical dependencies
Define platform contracts
Build invariant enforcement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-team initiatives; Organizational alignment; Senior engineering leadership; Product leadership; Cross-product groups
Communication Scope
Design reviews; Architectural RFCs
Process & Methodology
Roadmap, Multi-quarter initiatives
Full Job Description
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase. Overseer is Coinbase's business integrity layer, making the financial contracts between systems explicit and detecting violations before they become incidents. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Overseer team within the Platform product group, you'll define the long-term technical vision for the platform that enforces correctness across every fund flow Coinbase processes. The gap between "each service works" and "the system is correct" compounds with every product shipped, every market entered, and every settlement mechanism built - you'll ensure Coinbase's correctness infrastructure scales years ahead of that growth. What you'll do: Own the multi-quarter technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Overseer platform, including the invariant definition framework, real-time detection engine, and partner-facing APIs. Lead the design and execution of company P0 initiatives end-to-end, serving as the senior DRI accountable for delivery, trade-offs, and organizational alignment across product groups. Drive an architecture where every new product shipped accelerates the correctness layer rather than adding complexity, setting precedents that influence platform design across FinHub. Shape engineering standards and technical culture across the team and broader FinHub organization through design reviews, architectural RFCs, and raising the bar on code quality and system reliabili
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