Software Engineer, Frontend - Risk Platform: EVENT

Overview

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.

We want someone who is passionate about our mission, believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology, and is eager to leave their mark on the world. You should thrive under pressure, seek feedback to level up, and be ready to tackle Coinbase’s hardest problems with high-caliber colleagues.

Our work culture is intense and not for everyone. If you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, this role requires in-person participation throughout the year. Attendance at team and company offsites is expected and supported.

The Risk Engineering Platform team protects our platform and millions of users from fraud and financial risks. We build flexible, scalable engineering systems to detect and prevent fraud in real time, near real time, and on scheduled workflows. The mission is to foster business growth while maintaining the best possible user experience.

As an IC4 Software Engineer on the Risk Engineering team, you will design, build, and optimize risk detection and mitigation systems that balance technical excellence, reliability, and business impact. You will work on high‑impact projects that directly protect Coinbase users and enable the platform to scale safely.

• Design, scope, and build new risk detection systems and major features, applying experienced-based judgment to solve complex technical challenges
• Independently manage complex features and projects from inception to production deployment
• Turn our vision into tangible roadmaps each quarter by working with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership
• Build self-serve options to reduce friction for legitimate users while blocking fraudulent activities
• Optimize end-to-end experiences related to security protection and scam prevention
• Actively participate in PR reviews, code lifecycle management, and mentor junior engineers
• Respond to incidents of all severities and contribute to post-mortems
• Collaborate with Data Science, ML, and Risk Analysts teams to develop proactive (models and user-facing features) and reactive (one-off rules) solutions

• Proactively propose novel ideas to enhance codebase, features, and architecture, promoting developer efficiency
• Build systems that accelerate the team’s ability to deliver high-quality work
• Identify, propose, and implement scalable solutions that can be leveraged across the team
• Leave code cleaner than you found it and maintain high code velocity
• Implement mechanisms to identify regressions and ensure prompt visibility of emerging issues

• 2+ years of experience in software engineering, with demonstrated ability to ship production systems
• Strong proficiency in at least one frontend framework (React, Type Script)
• Experience building and maintaining distributed systems at scale
• Ability to independently manage complex tasks and work in unfamiliar systems with guidance
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience with modern development practices including CI/CD, testing, and monitoring

• Experience with risk, fraud detection, or financial systems
• Familiarity with machine learning models and their application in production
• Experience with real-time event processing and streaming architectures
• Knowledge of payment systems (ACH, cards, crypto) and associated fraud patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements

• Strong proficiency in React and Type Script/Java Script
• Experience with modern component-based architectures
• Familiarity with state management solutions
• Understanding of web security best practices
• Experience…