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Staff Software Engineer, Core AI Infrastructure

Coinbase· ESTO IT Operations
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Remote$218k - $256.5kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer on the IT Operations team focusing on AI infrastructure at Coinbase. Own reliability, automation, and full-stack AI infrastructure, with exposure to senior leadership in a fast-paced, incubator-style environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery of AI products by building production-grade distributed systems, including serving infrastructure, data pipelines, and deployment orchestration across the full stack throughout the SDLC.
  • Drive platform adoption by designing clean APIs, abstractions, and developer-facing tooling that enable product teams to integrate AI capabilities without bespoke infrastructure requests.
  • Partner with engineering and product leadership across Platform and other product groups to align infrastructure requirements, resolve cross-team technical dependencies, and define shared platform contracts.
  • Shape engineering standards and technical culture by establishing architectural patterns, mentoring engineers, and raising the bar on code quality, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Build full-stack applications that power internal AI products and infrastructure using Go or Python.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience automating and supporting cloud infrastructure (AWS) and network environments, with hands-on use of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Salt.
  • Proven experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Bash, Ruby, or Go) and version control workflows using Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
  • Platform-builder mindset with proven history of designing reusable infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions adopted by multiple teams across an engineering organization.
  • Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Skills

Required:AWSInfrastructure as CodeDockerKubernetesProgrammingCI/CDArchitectural designGenerative AI

Benefits

  • 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
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Fertility Counseling and Benefits
  • Generous Time off/Leave Policy
  • The option of getting paid in digital currency
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Coinbase

Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

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