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Coinbase

Exchange & Trading

Aug 24, 2026

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Core AI Automation)

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Job Description

This role architects the agentic AI systems behind Coinbase's customer-support and compliance automation, redesigning those operations around AI agents. The staff engineer owns technical direction for orchestration, grounding, and guardrail systems at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Architect agentic AI systems for compliance and CX automation
  • Design APIs and evaluation frameworks that keep agents grounded and minimize hallucination
  • Set technical direction/architecture patterns for AI automation with engineering leadership
  • Build reusable orchestration primitives usable beyond the initial use case
  • Mentor engineers on production LLM system design

What we are looking for

  • 8+ years software engineering, including architecting distributed systems and shipping production AI/ML
  • Experience improving grounding/reducing hallucination and building guardrails
  • Deep API/orchestration/evaluation-framework design experience for agentic systems at scale

Additional Information

Remote role based in the USA; Coinbase offers the option to be paid partly or fully in digital currency.

Perks and Benefits

  • Medical/dental/vision with generous employer contribution; HSA
  • 401(k) match, wellness stipend
  • Option to be paid in digital currency
  • Generous time off/leave policy

The Company: Coinbase

Leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange offering trading, staking, and institutional digital asset services.

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Coinbase is looking for

People working in

Engineering >

Who specialize in

Machine Learning & AI

With these skills

LLM Orchestration, Agentic AI, Python/Go, Guardrails, Evaluation Frameworks, Distributed Systems

Willing to work

Full-time

With an experience level

Lead / Principal

Location

Remote • Remote – USA

Capacity

40 hours/week

Salary budget

$218,025–$256,500

Equity option

Equity available

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