Remote AI Foundations Engineering Lead

Coinbase, Inc.

Trenton (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 254,000 - 299,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a leader to head the AI Foundations engineering team, owning the Neutral Foundations pillar and setting the 2027 strategy. You will drive the roadmap for AI services and partner with product and senior engineers to balance innovation with reliability and security.

You will oversee vendor relationships, operational readiness, and governance on AI spend, while growing leadership within the Foundations group.

Qualifications

Own the “Neutral Foundations” pillar of Coinbase’s AI Tooling Strategy; establish a 2027 strategy and roadmap for the team.
Drive operational excellence of the AI primitives/services.
Deliver LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway; pave the road for model routing, 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.