Head of AI Foundations Engineering — Remote-First Leader

Coinbase, Inc.; Juneau (AK); Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a leader to run AI Foundations engineering, hiring, and strategy, delivering shared AI services like LLM Gateway and MCP Gateway. You’ll balance rapid model innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.

Work cross-functionally with Product, Security, Legal, and Finance; own vendor relationships and operational readiness; help shape governance and spend controls. Coinbase is remote-first with quarterly in-person surges.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AI foundations engineering teams.
• Proven ability to set strategy and roadmaps for AI platforms.
• Experience coordinating with Security, Legal, and Finance on governance.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

AI leadership

Technical direction

Strategic planning

Vendor management

Governance collaboration

Tools

LLM Gateway

MCP Gateway

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a leader to run AI Foundations engineering, hiring, and strategy, delivering shared AI services like LLM Gateway and MCP Gateway. You’ll balance rapid model innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.

Work cross-functionally with Product, Security, Legal, and Finance; own vendor relationships and operational readiness; help shape governance and spend controls. Coinbase is remote-first with quarterly in-person surges.