Senior AI Foundations Engineering Lead — Remote-First

Coinbase, Inc.; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an AI Foundations engineering leader to own the Neutral Foundations pillar of our AI Tooling Strategy, driving the 2027 roadmap across shared AI services and coordinating with cross-functional partners. This role emphasizes hiring, coaching, and delivery leadership to elevate the foundation on which all AI products depend.

You will balance rapid model and agent innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost, while growing the leadership team and

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.

Job description

Coinbase is seeking an AI Foundations engineering leader to own the Neutral Foundations pillar of our AI Tooling Strategy, driving the 2027 roadmap across shared AI services and coordinating with cross-functional partners. This role emphasizes hiring, coaching, and delivery leadership to elevate the foundation on which all AI products depend.

You will balance rapid model and agent innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost, while growing the leadership team and