Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – Multi-Cloud, Remote-First

Coinbase; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Core Infra Systems team within the Platform group. You will own cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives spanning AWS, GCP, and networking, driving standards, tooling, and reliable, scalable backend platforms.

You will build self-service tooling, embed guardrails in provisioning, and collaborate with Compute, Infra Security, and Routing to ensure security and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking primitives such as VPCs, transit gateways, DNS, load balancers, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (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 infra

AWS/GCP

Networking primitives

Go or Python

Cross-team collaboration

AI governance

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Core Infra Systems team within the Platform group. You will own cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives spanning AWS, GCP, and networking, driving standards, tooling, and reliable, scalable backend platforms.

You will build self-service tooling, embed guardrails in provisioning, and collaborate with Compute, Infra Security, and Routing to ensure security and compliance.