Senior Cloud Infra Engineer - Multi-Cloud & Self-Serve

Coinbase; Baton Rouge (LA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Infra Systems team. You will own cross-cloud infrastructure initiatives across AWS and GCP, building self-service tooling and guarded defaults to empower product teams while maintaining security, reliability, and scale.

You will collaborate with Compute, Infra Security, and Routing teams to standardize infrastructure, reduce fragmentation, and deliver production-ready outcomes across multiple cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP (networking, compute, or platform engineering).
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking primitives such as VPCs, transit gateways, DNS, load balancers, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Go, Python) used to build platform tooling and automation at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team technical initiatives, partnering across multiple infrastructure domains to deliver cohesive, production-ready outcomes.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives that span the AWS, GCP, and Networking pillars inside Core Infra Systems, driving alignment on standards, tooling, and operational patterns.
• Build and maintain self-service tooling and paved-road defaults that let product teams provision and operate cloud infrastructure safely without deep platform expertise.
• Partner with Compute, Infra Security, and Routing teams to embed guardrails into infrastructure provisioning, ensuring every default meets Coinbase's bar for security, compliance, and reliability.
• Drive infrastructure standardization across Coinbase's multi-cloud environment, reducing fragmentation and improving consistency in how teams consume cloud networking, compute, and shared platform primitives.
• Lead technical investigations and operational improvements across infrastructure boundaries, working with broader stakeholders to resolve systemic issues and scale foundational systems.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

AWS/GCP experience

Backend programming

Cross-team collaboration

AI in workflows

Go

Python

Terraform

Pulumi

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Core Infra Systems team. You will own cross-cloud infrastructure initiatives across AWS and GCP, building self-service tooling and guarded defaults to empower product teams while maintaining security, reliability, and scale.

You will collaborate with Compute, Infra Security, and Routing teams to standardize infrastructure, reduce fragmentation, and deliver production-ready outcomes across multiple cloud platforms.