AI Foundations Engineering Lead — Remote

Coinbase, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to head AI Foundations engineering, delivering secure, cost-effective AI primitives and services. You will own the roadmap, drive operational excellence, and manage vendor relationships with Security, Legal, and Finance to ensure governance and spend controls.

You will partner with product and senior engineers to balance rapid AI innovation with reliability, developer experience, and cost efficiency while growing leadership within the foundation.

Qualifications

• Own the 'Neutral Foundations' pillar; set 2027 strategy and roadmap.
• Drive operational excellence of the AI primitives/services.
• Deliver LLM Gateway and MCP Gateway; pave the road for model routing and evaluations.
• Grow the next rung of leadership on AI Foundations.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI Foundations engineering, with responsibility for hiring, coaching, technical direction, prioritization, and delivery across its shared AI services.
• Partner with Product and senior engineers to balance rapid model and agent innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.
• Own engineering-side vendor relationships and operational readiness, and partner with Security, Legal, and Finance on AI governance and spend controls.

Skills

Leadership

Hiring & coaching

Roadmap planning

Vendor management

Security governance

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to head AI Foundations engineering, delivering secure, cost-effective AI primitives and services. You will own the roadmap, drive operational excellence, and manage vendor relationships with Security, Legal, and Finance to ensure governance and spend controls.

You will partner with product and senior engineers to balance rapid AI innovation with reliability, developer experience, and cost efficiency while growing leadership within the foundation.