Senior Engineering Manager – Agentic AI Platform

Coinbase, Inc.; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 254,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Core Automation team to lead the engineering organization building Agentic AI systems that transform compliance and customer support processes.

You will shape the technical direction and oversee multiple teams delivering production AI with guardrails and measurable business impact. The role requires deep experience in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and AI infrastructure, plus a proven ability to translate strategy

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering.
• 5+ years of engineering management experience, including 2+ years managing managers.
• Proven track record shipping LLM-based or Agentic AI applications to production.
• Experience with grounding, hallucination reduction, guardrails, and AI system evaluation.
• Deep fluency in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and modern AI/ML infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build, hire, and grow a high-performing engineering organization, coaching managers and senior engineers on technical leadership, career development, and AI-first engineering practices.
• Set the technical vision and multi-quarter roadmap for Core Automation's Agentic AI systems, partnering with Compliance, Operations, and Product leadership to prioritize high-impact automation opportunities.
• Drive architecture and delivery of production LLM-based systems with rigorous guardrails, grounding, and measurement, ensuring AI agents are reliable, auditable, and compliant.
• Lead multiple parallel engineering initiatives across compliance automation domains, maintaining high delivery velocity while ensuring system correctness and service quality.
• Establish engineering standards, code review practices, and AI adoption frameworks that raise the quality bar and accelerate production AI systems.

Skills

Engineering leadership

LLM-based systems

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

AI/ML infrastructure

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Core Automation team to lead the engineering organization building Agentic AI systems that transform compliance and customer support processes.

You will shape the technical direction and oversee multiple teams delivering production AI with guardrails and measurable business impact. The role requires deep experience in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and AI infrastructure, plus a proven ability to translate strategy