Staff AI Infra Engineer - Build Core AI Platform

Coinbase; Bismarck (ND); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Core AI Infrastructure team, driving design, reliability, and scale for internal AI systems. You will own end-to-end AI product delivery, partnering across teams to align infrastructure and APIs while mentoring engineers and elevating code quality.

The role emphasizes building distributed, scalable infrastructure using Go or Python, with strong emphasis on observability, security, and operational excellence in a fast-paced, incubator-like

Qualifications

• 8+ years automating and supporting cloud infrastructure (AWS) and network environments.
• Hands-on use of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Salt.
• Proven experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Bash, Ruby, or Go) and version control workflows using Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Platform-builder mindset with proven history of designing reusable infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions adopted by multiple teams across an engineering organization.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of AI products by building production-grade distributed systems, including serving infrastructure, data pipelines, and deployment orchestration across the full stack throughout the SDLC.
• Drive platform adoption by designing clean APIs, abstractions, and developer-facing tooling that enable product teams to integrate AI capabilities without bespoke infrastructure requests.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership acrossPlatformand other product groups to align infrastructure requirements, resolve cross-team technical dependencies, and define shared platform contracts.
• Shape engineering standards and technical culture by establishing architectural patterns, mentoring engineers, and raising the bar on code quality, observability, and operational excellence.
• Build full-stack applications that power internal AI products and infrastructure using Go or Python.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Salt

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Git CI/CD

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Core AI Infrastructure team, driving design, reliability, and scale for internal AI systems. You will own end-to-end AI product delivery, partnering across teams to align infrastructure and APIs while mentoring engineers and elevating code quality.

The role emphasizes building distributed, scalable infrastructure using Go or Python, with strong emphasis on observability, security, and operational excellence in a fast-paced, incubator-like