Remote-First Staff AI Automation Architect

Coinbase, Inc.; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Automation team in the Platform group. You will architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how Coinbase operates, from intelligent agents to orchestration and guardrails, delivering scalable automation and customer experiences.

You'll mentor engineers, define APIs and architecture patterns for production AI systems, and lead the technical direction for distributed AI automation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems experience.
• Experience with LLM-based applications and grounding for reliability.
• Deep expertise designing APIs and orchestration layers for AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems powering compliance automation and operations.
• Design APIs and measurement frameworks to ground AI agents and reduce hallucinations.
• Lead technical direction for distributed systems and define architecture patterns for AI automation.
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions to scale AI across domains.
• Mentor engineers on AI system design, coding standards, and production-readiness.

Skills

Distributed systems

LLM-based apps

APIs & orchestration

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Automation team in the Platform group. You will architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how Coinbase operates, from intelligent agents to orchestration and guardrails, delivering scalable automation and customer experiences.

You'll mentor engineers, define APIs and architecture patterns for production AI systems, and lead the technical direction for distributed AI automation.