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

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Automation team within the Platform group at Coinbase, 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 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 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 value 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

What you bring

• 8+ years in software engineering with demonstrated experience architecting distributed systems and shipping production AI/ML applications
• Experience working with LLM-based applications, including 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

What we offer

• Annual base salary of $218,025-$256,500 USD, varying by location
• Equity and bonus eligibility
• Benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
• Remote-first work with quarterly in-person "surges" for intense working sessions

About Coinbase

Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency and blockchain platform committed to increasing economic freedom. The company operates with a remote-first model and maintains a high-performance culture focused on shipping impactful products.