Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform Team

Coinbase; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 191.890 - 225.753; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Global travel and medical insurance

Quarterly in-person sessions

Zusammenfassung

Coinbase is looking for a Staff Software Engineer for the AI Platform Team to architect and deliver core platform systems, including LLM Gateway and AI Hub. This role emphasizes leadership on multi-quarter initiatives with significant measurable impact, and candidates should possess extensive experience in ML/AI infrastructure.

The position is based remotely and offers an annual salary range between $218,025 and $256,500, plus benefits including global travel and medical insurance.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3 years in ML/AI.
• Experience leading initiatives with measurable platform-wide impact.
• Proven track record of shipping governed production-grade AI systems.

Aufgaben

• Own the architecture and delivery of core platform systems.
• Drive design and implementation of Knowledge Base infrastructure.
• Lead AI FinOps capabilities and cost optimization across workloads.

Kenntnisse

Software engineering

ML/AI infrastructure

Deep expertise in LLM systems

Python

Cross-functional partnership

Jobbeschreibung

Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform Team

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 company, with quarterly in‑person “surge” sessions.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the AI Platform team within the Platform group, you'll build and operate the LLM and agent infrastructure that every team at Coinbase depends on. This team owns the company's single path to large language models and the full agent lifecycle: build, deploy, run, observe, and improve. You'll lead multi‑quarter technical initiatives across the platform, from gateway and runtime systems to knowledge bases and applied AI agents, directly shaping how Coinbase scales AI across the organization.

What You'll Do:

• Own the architecture and delivery of core platform systems including the LLM Gateway (60+ models, auth, PII redaction, fallbacks, cost optimization), AI Hub, and agent runtime with microVM sandboxes and governed MCP gateway
• Drive the design and implementation of Knowledge Base infrastructure, connecting data sources to auto‑provisioned vector and markdown stores queryable by any agent
• Lead AI FinOps capabilities including spend attribution, governance, and cost optimization across all AI workloads company‑wide
• Partner across engineering, security, legal, finance, product, and external partners at frontier labs and major cloud providers to ship high‑impact platform capabilities
• Build evaluation and observability tooling including LLM‑as‑judge harnesses, full tracing, and feedback loops that let subject‑matter experts refine production agents
• Shape applied AI strategy by embedding with teams to build production agents, applying fine‑tuning and traditional ML where it outperforms prompting

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years building ML/AI infrastructure, LLM systems, or distributed platform services at scale
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi‑quarter, Staff‑level initiatives end‑to‑end, from technical design through production operation, with measurable platform‑wide impact
• Deep expertise in LLM orchestration patterns, agent frameworks, vector databases, and model serving infrastructure across multiple providers
• Proven track record of cross‑functional partnership with security, legal, and product teams to ship governed, production‑grade AI systems
• Fluency in Python and at least one systems language (Go, Rust, or C++) with production experience building APIs, microservices, and runtime environments
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business‑ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Pay Transparency Notice:

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $218,025 — $256,500 USD

• Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6‑month period.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com.
• AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

Global travel and medical insurance with monthly billing for global professionals.