Staff AI Systems Engineer - Distributed, Remote

Coinbase, Inc.; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Core Automation team to architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how we operate, from customer support to compliance, at scale.

You will own the technical direction for production AI systems, design APIs and orchestration, and mentor engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment that includes quarterly in-person surges.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with demonstrated experience architecting distributed systems and shipping production AI/ML applications.
• Experience working with LLM-based applications, familiarity with measuring and improving grounding, reducing hallucinations, and building guardrails for reliability.
• Deep expertise designing APIs, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks for agentic AI systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems that power Coinbase's compliance automation and other Operations, from intelligent agents through orchestration and guardrails
• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks that ensure AI agents are grounded, relevant, and reliably deliver customer delight with minimal hallucination
• Lead technical direction for distributed systems underpinning AI automation, defining architecture patterns and strategic roadmaps in partnership with engineering leadership
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions that enable AI-powered automation to scale across multiple domains beyond the initial customer support and compliance focus
• Mentor engineers on AI system design techniques, coding standards, and production-readiness practices for LLM-based applications

Skills

Distributed systems

AI/ML applications

LLM-based applications

APIs design

Orchestration

Mentoring engineers

Leadership

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Core Automation team to architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how we operate, from customer support to compliance, at scale.

You will own the technical direction for production AI systems, design APIs and orchestration, and mentor engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment that includes quarterly in-person surges.