Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI & Automation

Coinbase, Inc.; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Automation team and architect Agentic AI systems that reshape how Coinbase operates. You will own the technical direction for production AI, partnering with engineering leadership to scale automation across the company.

You will design foundational APIs, orchestration layers and measurement frameworks, mentor engineers, and help deliver reliable, scalable AI-powered customer experiences with minimal hallucination.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems experience.
• Experience architecting production AI/ML applications.
• Experience with LLM-based applications, grounding and guardrails.
• Designing APIs, orchestration layers and evaluation frameworks at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems powering compliance automation and operations.
• Design APIs and measurement frameworks to ensure grounded, low-hallucination agents.
• Lead technical direction for distributed AI automation across domains.
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions for scalable AI.
• Mentor engineers on AI system design and production readiness.

Skills

Distributed systems

LLM AI

APIs

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Automation team and architect Agentic AI systems that reshape how Coinbase operates. You will own the technical direction for production AI, partnering with engineering leadership to scale automation across the company.

You will design foundational APIs, orchestration layers and measurement frameworks, mentor engineers, and help deliver reliable, scalable AI-powered customer experiences with minimal hallucination.