Remote Staff AI Systems Engineer – Agentic Automation

Coinbase, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Automation team within the Platform group to architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how we operate. You will own the technical direction for production AI systems, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable automation across the company.

You will design APIs, orchestration layers, and measurement frameworks to keep AI agents grounded and reliable, while mentoring engineers on best practices for LLM-based

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems and shipping production AI/ML applications.
• Experience working with LLM-based applications, measuring grounding, reducing hallucinations, and building guardrails for reliability.
• Deep expertise designing APIs, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks for agentic AI systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems that power Coinbase's compliance automation and other Operations, from intelligent agents through orchestration and guardrails
• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks that ensure AI agents are grounded, relevant, and reliably deliver customer delight with minimal hallucination
• Lead technical direction for distributed systems underpinning AI automation, defining architecture patterns and strategic roadmaps in partnership with engineering leadership
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions that enable AI-powered automation to scale across multiple domains beyond the initial customer support and compliance focus
• Mentor engineers on AI system design techniques, coding standards, and production-readiness practices for LLM-based applications

Skills

Distributed systems

LLM applications

APIs & orchestration

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Automation team within the Platform group to architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how we operate. You will own the technical direction for production AI systems, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable automation across the company.

You will design APIs, orchestration layers, and measurement frameworks to keep AI agents grounded and reliable, while mentoring engineers on best practices for LLM-based