Staff AI Developer Productivity Engineer

Coinbase, Inc.; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a founding Staff Software Engineer for AI Developer Productivity within the Institutional Product Group.

You will own the design and delivery of AI-powered workflows that enhance how Institutional engineers write, review, and ship code, aligning with Coinbase's AI tooling vision. You'll build LLM-powered developer tooling, collaborate with Platform AI and DevX teams, and drive adoption of AI-assisted practices across a high-reliability financial engineering environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years building AI/LLM-powered developer tools, agentic workflows, or code automation systems.
• Proven track record of designing and shipping production-grade systems that integrate LLMs or AI agents into software development lifecycles (e.g., code generation, automated review, CI/CD automation).
• Deep fluency in Java, Python, Go, or similar backend languages, with hands-on experience building and orchestrating AI agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, or custom agent architectures).
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with platform, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver tooling adopted by hundreds of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and delivery of agentic AI workflows for continuous code improvement, including automated refactoring, test generation, and proactive bug detection tailored to Institutional systems.
• Build developer productivity tooling that integrates LLM-powered agents into the Institutional engineering workflow, from code review through deployment.
• Partner with Platform's AI and DevX teams to align on shared infrastructure while customizing capabilities for Institutional's unique reliability, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices across Institutional engineering, measuring impact on velocity, code quality, and developer satisfaction.
• Shape technical standards and best practices for human-AI collaborative development within the Institutional org, ensuring safe and governed use of AI agents in high-stakes financial systems.

Skills

AI tools

Agentic workflows

Code automation

Backend languages

LangChain

LangGraph

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a founding Staff Software Engineer for AI Developer Productivity within the Institutional Product Group.

You will own the design and delivery of AI-powered workflows that enhance how Institutional engineers write, review, and ship code, aligning with Coinbase's AI tooling vision. You'll build LLM-powered developer tooling, collaborate with Platform AI and DevX teams, and drive adoption of AI-assisted practices across a high-reliability financial engineering environment.