Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform

Coinbase; Annapolis (MD); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Compute Platform team. You will own the core orchestration infra that powers many services, built atop Kubernetes, Istio, and CNCF tools.

You’ll design and ship tooling that makes it easy for hundreds of engineers to deploy and operate critical services at scale. You will integrate AI-driven processes to automate workflows, reduce toil, and raise platform reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar 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 CNCF ecosystem tools (Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy) and applying them to infra problems.
• Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows to improve automation and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, build, and operation of Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation.
• Build developer-facing tooling and workflows to interact with Kubernetes, with AI-driven processes.
• Deliver new compute capabilities for service owners, such as one-off jobs and cron scheduling.
• Drive operational excellence by automating toil and improving observability and incident response.
• Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to meet security and uptime standards.

Skills

Kubernetes experience

Distributed systems design

Cloud infrastructure

AI tooling usage

Tools

Helm

Prometheus

ArgoCD

Envoy

AWS

GCP

EKS

IAM

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it's a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for \"good enough\", you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called \"surges\". learn more about working at Coinbase.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Compute Platform team within the Platform group, you'll own the primary compute orchestration infrastructure that every service at Coinbase runs on you'll own the primary compute orchestration infrastructure that every service at Coinbase runs on. Built largely on CNCF technologies including Kubernetes and Istio, this platform underpins the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our entire product suite. You'll design and ship tooling, automation, and net-new capabilities that make it easy for hundreds of engineers to deploy and operate critical services, while partnering closely with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to raise the bar across the stack.

What you'll do:

• 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.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems (e.g., Mesos, Nomad, ECS).
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP infrastructure services (e.g., 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 them to root-cause resolution.
• Hands-on experience with the CNCF ecosystem (e.g., 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.

*Pay Transparency Notice:** *Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$186,065-$218,900 USD

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