Senior AI Infra Engineer – Remote-First

Coinbase, Inc.; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Equity and bonus eligibility

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Transformation on the IT Operations team. You will own the reliability and automation of critical AI infrastructure, building distributed systems and scaling AI products across the stack.

Requirements include 5+ years in cloud infra, Docker/Kubernetes in production, and proficiency in Python/Bash/Ruby/Go with Git CI/CD. This remote-first role reports to ESTO’s IT Operations, emphasizing security and observability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years automating and supporting cloud infrastructure (AWS) with IaC tools.
• Proven experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized workloads with Docker/Kubernetes in production.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Ruby, or Go and Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Platform-builder mindset with reusable infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions used across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of AI products by building production-grade distributed systems.
• Drive platform adoption with clean APIs, abstractions, and developer-facing tooling.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to align infrastructure requirements.
• Shape engineering standards and culture by elevating code quality and observability.
• Build full-stack applications powering internal AI products and infrastructure using Go or Python.

Skills

Cloud automation

Docker & Kubernetes

Python/Bash/Ruby/Go

Platform design

Generative AI oversight

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Salt

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Transformation on the IT Operations team. You will own the reliability and automation of critical AI infrastructure, building distributed systems and scaling AI products across the stack.

Requirements include 5+ years in cloud infra, Docker/Kubernetes in production, and proficiency in Python/Bash/Ruby/Go with Git CI/CD. This remote-first role reports to ESTO’s IT Operations, emphasizing security and observability.