Senior Compute Platform Engineer — Remote-First Kubernetes

Coinbase; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform to own Kubernetes-based tooling, automation, and scalable infrastructure across the platform. You will design and ship tooling that lets hundreds of engineers deploy and operate critical services, with emphasis on AI-driven workflows and self-healing systems.

You will partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability to maintain uptime, performance, and safe operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems.
• Proficient in Go, Python or Java; production-grade infrastructure services.
• Hands-on AWS/GCP experience at scale.
• Experience with CNCF tools and applying them to infra problems.
• Experience applying AI tooling to infrastructure workflows.
• Responsible AI usage with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, build, and operation of Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation.
• Build developer-facing tooling and workflows with AI-driven processes.
• Deliver compute capabilities like one-off jobs, cron scheduling, deployment strategies, and right-sizing.
• Automate toil, reduce on-call burden, and improve observability and incident response.
• Collaborate with Security, Reliability, and Observability to meet standards.

Skills

Kubernetes experience

Go/Python/Java

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Distributed infra design

CNCF tools

AI tooling in infra

Generative AI governance

Production-grade infra services

Tools

Helm

Prometheus

ArgoCD

Envoy

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform to own Kubernetes-based tooling, automation, and scalable infrastructure across the platform. You will design and ship tooling that lets hundreds of engineers deploy and operate critical services, with emphasis on AI-driven workflows and self-healing systems.

You will partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability to maintain uptime, performance, and safe operations.