Remote-First Engineering Manager, Core Automation & AI

Coinbase, Inc.; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is building a Core Automation team focused on automating compliance with Agentic AI and scaling AI-driven operations. The role leads engineering across multi-tenant, distributed systems, partnering with Operations and Compliance to deliver high-impact features and a secure, scalable platform.

You will hire, train, and coach engineers, design cloud-based architectures, and guide technical decisions to support quarterly roadmaps and company-wide AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 5 years of engineering management experience, and 2 years of experience managing Managers.
• You know what high quality code — and software engineering processes — look like and know how to foster an environment that creates them.
• Execution focused with an ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Ability to do both long term thinking and short term planning.
• Experience creating, delivering, and operating multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.
• You can be hands-on when needed – whether that’s writing/reviewing code or technical documents, participating in on-call rotations and leading incidents, or triaging/troubleshooting bugs.
• You're passionate about building an open financial system that brings the world together.

Responsibilities

• Explore and apply advanced GenAI techniques, including large language models (LLMs) and Agentic AI, to solve complex challenges across the organization.
• Partner with and influence Operations and Compliance organizations to maximize impact.
• Build and manage engineering teams in the Compliance domain, to guide the development of features, services, and infrastructure.
• Plan, design, develop, and test software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products, including cloud-based or internet-related tools.
• Design scalable systems to solve novel problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Coach team members on design principles, coding standards, and AI productivity tools adoption.
• Review and ensure the security, scalability, and architectural integrity of feature designs across teams.
• Hiring, training and growing a high-performing team to blaze the trail in AI/ML solutions.
• Lead multiple engineering focused efforts in parallel, while maintaining high service quality standards
• Create and enforce processes to improve engineering quality, AI adoption and high impact delivery of each team member
• Be a thoughtful technical voice within the team, aiding in diligent architectural decisions and fostering a culture of high-quality code and engineering processes. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure successful delivery and operation of multi-tenanted, distributed systems at scale.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering management

Managing managers

High quality code

Execution under ambiguity

Long-term planning

Distributed systems

Multi-tenant systems

Incident leadership

AI productivity tools

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is building a Core Automation team focused on automating compliance with Agentic AI and scaling AI-driven operations. The role leads engineering across multi-tenant, distributed systems, partnering with Operations and Compliance to deliver high-impact features and a secure, scalable platform.

You will hire, train, and coach engineers, design cloud-based architectures, and guide technical decisions to support quarterly roadmaps and company-wide AI initiatives.