Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer with AI Tools, Remote

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

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the compute platform’s orchestration tooling and automation. You will design and ship capabilities that enable hundreds of engineers to deploy and operate services, focusing on reliability, scalability, and AI-assisted workflows.

You’ll collaborate with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to raise the bar on performance and security while delivering new compute features and automation at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java with production-grade infrastructure experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP infrastructure services in a production environment at scale
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and operate distributed infrastructure systems with root-cause resolution
• Hands-on experience with CNCF ecosystem (Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy) and applying these tools to real infrastructure problems
• Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows to improve automation and efficiency
• Utilizes AI responsibly with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive improvements

Responsibilities

• Own the design, build, and operation of Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation that keeps our compute platform reliable and self-healing at scale.
• Build developer-facing tooling and workflows that improve how engineers interact with Kubernetes, with a heavy emphasis on integrating AI-driven processes and support.
• Deliver net-new compute capabilities for service owners, such as one-off jobs, cron scheduling, deployment strategies, EFS support, and automated right-sizing.
• Drive operational excellence by automating toil, reducing on-call burden, and continuously improving platform observability and incident response.
• Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to ensure the compute platform meets Coinbase’s standards for security, uptime, and performance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Java

AWS

GCP

Distributed systems

AI tooling

Tools

Helm

Prometheus

ArgoCD

Envoy

EKS

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the compute platform’s orchestration tooling and automation. You will design and ship capabilities that enable hundreds of engineers to deploy and operate services, focusing on reliability, scalability, and AI-assisted workflows.

You’ll collaborate with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to raise the bar on performance and security while delivering new compute features and automation at scale.