Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure, Compute Platform)

Join Coinbase as a Senior Software Engineer on the Compute Platform team. You'll be responsible for the primary compute orchestration infrastructure that supports the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our entire product suite. Your work will involve designing and shipping tooling, automation, and new capabilities, while collaborating closely with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams. You should have at least 5 years of software engineering experience, including 3 years of experience with Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems.

• Conception, design, and implementation of tooling and automation for compute orchestration infrastructure.
• Ownership of the design, build, and operation of Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation.
• Collaboration with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to ensure the compute platform meets standards for security, uptime, and performance.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and operate distributed infrastructure systems, including diagnosing complex failures and driving them to root-cause resolution
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP infrastructure services (e.g., EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, networking) in a production environment at scale
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
• Hands-on experience with the CNCF ecosystem (e.g., Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy) and a track record of applying these tools to solve real infrastructure problems
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems (e.g., Mesos, Nomad, ECS)
• Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows, improving automation, developer productivity, or operational efficiency