Senior Software Engineer Infra - Compute Platform

📋 Description

• Own design, build, and operate Kubernetes cluster tooling and automation for reliability at scale.
• Build developer-facing tooling and workflows to improve how engineers interact with Kubernetes, with AI-driven processes.
• Deliver compute features such as one-off jobs, cron scheduling, deployment strategies, and automated right-sizing.
• Drive operational excellence by automating toil and improving platform observability and incident response.
• Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to meet Coinbase's standards for security, uptime, and performance.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and operating Kubernetes or similar compute orchestration systems (e.g., Mesos, Nomad, ECS).
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP infrastructure services (EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, networking) in production at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and operate distributed infrastructure systems with root-cause resolution.
• Hands-on experience with the CNCF ecosystem (Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy) and a track record applying these tools.
• Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows, improving automation and developer productivity.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow quality.

🎁 Benefits

• Remote-first culture with quarterly in-person surges.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Accommodations: email accommodations@coinbase.com for assistance.
• AI Disclosure: Coinbase pilots AI tools to assist interview processes, with no AI-based decision making.