Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Core AI Automation)

Coinbase, Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Core Automation team to architect and build AI-driven systems that transform how we operate. You will own production AI, define architecture patterns, and enable scalable automation across multiple domains.

You will mentor peers and shape tooling for reliable, low-hallucination deployments. Join a remote-first company that values impactful work and quarterly in-person surges to accelerate delivery while maintaining a flexible,

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with distributed systems experience.
• Experience with LLM-based applications and grounding, reducing hallucinations, and guardrails.
• API design, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks for AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems powering Coinbase's compliance automation.
• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks ensuring grounded, reliable AI gains.
• Lead technical direction for distributed AI automation and strategic roadmaps.
• Build primitives and orchestration to scale AI-powered automation across domains.
• Mentor engineers on AI system design, coding standards, and production readiness.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Production AI/ML applications

LLM-based applications

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Automation team within the Platform group, you'll architect and build the Agentic AI systems that are transforming how Coinbase operates. This team is reimagining customer support and compliance processes for a fully AI-driven world, designing intelligent agents, orchestration frameworks, and measurement systems that deliver delightful customer experiences at scale. You'll own the technical direction for production AI systems, working across cross-functional teams to bring this vision to reality while building primitives that scale automation across the company.

What you'll do:

• 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

Required skills and experience:

• 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

*Pay Transparency Notice:** *Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$218,025—$256,500 USD

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