Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer — Scale AI (Remote-First)

Remote Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core AI Infrastructure team. You will own the reliability and automation of critical AI infrastructure, building production-grade distributed systems powering Coinbase's AI products.

You'll work with senior leadership in a fast-paced incubator environment, shaping platform contracts, APIs, and tooling, using Go or Python to deliver scalable, observable, and secure systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience automating and supporting cloud infrastructure (AWS) and network environments.
• Proven experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Bash, Ruby, or Go) and Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Platform-builder mindset with history of reusable infrastructure, APIs, and abstractions used across teams.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of AI products by building production-grade distributed systems across the full stack.
• Drive platform adoption by designing APIs, abstractions, and tooling for product teams.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to align infrastructure requirements and define platform contracts.
• Shape engineering standards and culture by establishing architectural patterns, mentoring, and improving observability.
• Build full-stack applications powering internal AI products and infrastructure using Go or Python.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Bash

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Salt

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core AI Infrastructure team. You will own the reliability and automation of critical AI infrastructure, building production-grade distributed systems powering Coinbase's AI products.

You'll work with senior leadership in a fast-paced incubator environment, shaping platform contracts, APIs, and tooling, using Go or Python to deliver scalable, observable, and secure systems.