Senior Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & AI-Driven Infra

Coinbase; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform to own the primary compute orchestration infrastructure on which every service runs. The role emphasizes Kubernetes cluster management, automation, and developer-facing tooling with AI-driven processes.

You will work with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to raise the bar for uptime, performance, and cost efficiency across the platform. This is a remote-first role with quarterly in-person surges.

Qualifications

• 5 years of software engineering experience, including 3 years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP infrastructure services in production at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and operate distributed infrastructure systems.
• Hands-on experience with the CNCF ecosystem (Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy).
• Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows.
• Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own design, build, and operation of Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation.
• Build developer-facing tooling and workflows integrating AI-driven processes.
• Deliver net-new compute capabilities for service owners (one-off jobs, cron, deployment strategies, EFS, right-sizing).
• Automate toil, reduce on-call burden, improve observability and incident response.
• Collaborate with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to meet standards.

Skills

Kubernetes

Distributed infra

AWS/GCP

CNCF tools

AI tooling for infra

Tools

Helm

Prometheus

ArgoCD

Envoy

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform to own the primary compute orchestration infrastructure on which every service runs. The role emphasizes Kubernetes cluster management, automation, and developer-facing tooling with AI-driven processes.

You will work with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to raise the bar for uptime, performance, and cost efficiency across the platform. This is a remote-first role with quarterly in-person surges.