Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Core AI Automation)

Coinbase; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 187.000 - 220.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Zusammenfassung

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to architect and build Agentic AI systems on the Core Automation team, transforming how we automate customer support and compliance at scale.

You will define architecture patterns, partner with leadership, and mentor engineers to deliver reliable, production-ready, AI-powered solutions across domains.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems and production AI/ML experience.
• Proven track record shipping LLM-based applications to production with grounding and guardrails.
• Deep expertise designing APIs, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks for agentic AI systems at scale.
• Experience in customer support automation, compliance, or financial crimes domains with reliability requirements.
• Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency.

Aufgaben

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems powering customer support and compliance automation.
• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks for grounded AI agents delivering reliable outcomes.
• Lead technical direction for distributed AI automation systems with scalable architecture patterns.
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions to scale AI across domains.
• Mentor engineers on AI system design techniques and production-readiness practices.

Kenntnisse

Distributed systems

Production AI/ML

LLM-based apps

API design

Mentoring engineers

Customer support automation

Compliance awareness

Tools

APIs

Jobbeschreibung

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.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Automation team within the Platform group, you’ll architect and build the Agentic AI systems that are transforming how Coinbase operates. This team is reimagining customer support and compliance processes for a fully AI-driven world, designing intelligent agents, orchestration frameworks, and measurement systems that deliver delightful customer experiences at scale. You’ll own the technical direction for production AI systems, working across cross-functional teams to bring this vision to reality while building primitives that scale automation across the company.

What you’ll do:

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems that power Coinbase’s customer support and compliance automation, from intelligent agents through orchestration and guardrails
• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks that ensure AI agents are grounded, relevant, and reliably deliver customer delight with minimal hallucination
• Lead technical direction for distributed systems underpinning AI automation, defining architecture patterns and strategic roadmaps in partnership with engineering leadership
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions that enable AI-powered automation to scale across multiple domains beyond the initial customer support and compliance focus
• Mentor engineers on AI system design techniques, coding standards, and production-readiness practices for LLM-based applications

Required skills and experience:

• 8+ years in software engineering with demonstrated experience architecting distributed systems and shipping production AI/ML applications
• Proven track record getting LLM-based applications to production, including measuring and improving grounding, reducing hallucinations, and building guardrails for reliability
• Deep expertise designing APIs, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks for agentic AI systems at scale
• Experience in customer support automation, compliance, or financial crimes domains with an understanding of the unique reliability and correctness requirements these areas demand
• 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:

Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$218,025—$256,500 USD

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