Senior Platform Engineer - Remote-First Kubernetes & AI Automation

Coinbase; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision, 401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team to own the compute orchestration stack that powers all services across Coinbase. You will design and ship tooling and automation to make deployments reliable and scalable, partnering with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams.

You'll work with CNCF technologies such as Kubernetes, Istio, and AI-driven workflows to improve developer productivity and reduce toil, while ensuring security and performance standards

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems (e.g., Mesos, Nomad, ECS).
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Go, Python, Java) with experience building and shipping production-grade infrastructure services.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP infrastructure services (EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, networking) in a production environment at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and operate distributed infrastructure systems, including diagnosing complex failures and driving root-cause resolution.
• Hands-on experience with the CNCF ecosystem (Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy) and a track record of applying these tools to solve real infrastructure problems.
• Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows, improving automation, developer productivity, or operational efficiency.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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 across Coinbase 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

ECS

Istio

CNCF tools

AI tooling integration

Tools

EKS

Prometheus

ArgoCD

Envoy

Helm

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team to own the compute orchestration stack that powers all services across Coinbase. You will design and ship tooling and automation to make deployments reliable and scalable, partnering with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams.

You'll work with CNCF technologies such as Kubernetes, Istio, and AI-driven workflows to improve developer productivity and reduce toil, while ensuring security and performance standards