Staff Software Engineer - Agentic AI Workflows | Coinbase

As a founding Staff Software Engineer on the AI Developer Productivity team within the Institutional Product Group, you will design, build, and deploy agentic AI workflows that fundamentally transform how Institutional engineers write, review, test, and ship code. Aligned with Coinbase's broader AI developer tooling vision, your focus will cater directly to the high-stakes reliability, auditing, security, and compliance demands of Institutional trading platforms, custody networks, and prime financial infrastructure. You will own the architecture of LLM-powered developer tools, automated code refactoring pipelines, intelligent PR reviews, and agentic CI/CD workflows adopted by hundreds of financial engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Agentic AI Architecture & DevX Automation

• Agentic Workflow Architecture: Own the end-to-end architecture and delivery of agentic AI workflows for continuous code improvement, including automated refactoring, synthetic test generation, and proactive bug detection tailored to Institutional systems.
• Developer Tooling Integration: Build developer productivity tooling that seamlessly embeds LLM-powered agents into the Institutional engineering lifecycle—from IDE completion and code review to automated deployment pipelines.
• Cross-Platform Alignment: Partner closely with Coinbase Platform's core AI and DevX organizations to align on shared infrastructure while customizing agentic capabilities for Institutional's unique security, auditability, and regulatory requirements.

Technical Standards, Governance & Org Adoption

• Engineering Adoption & Impact: Drive widespread adoption of AI-assisted software development practices across Institutional engineering, tracking quantitative impact on delivery velocity, code quality, and developer satisfaction.
• Human-AI Collaboration Governance: Establish technical standards, guardrails, and best practices for human-AI collaborative engineering, ensuring the safe, governed, and responsible deployment of AI agents across mission-critical financial systems.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate across platform, infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver developer tooling trusted by hundreds of software engineers.

Requirements

Technical Mastery & AI/LLM Engineering Experience

• Experience Track: 8+ years of total software engineering experience, including at least 2+ years specifically building AI/LLM-powered developer tools, agentic workflows, or code automation systems.
• Production AI Systems Track Record: Proven history of designing, shipping, and maintaining production-grade systems that integrate LLMs or AI agents into software development lifecycles (e.g., code generation, automated review engines, CI/CD automation).
• Backend Fluency & Agent Frameworks: Deep technical fluency in modern backend languages (Java, Python, Go, or similar) paired with hands-on experience orchestrating AI agent frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, or custom multi-agent architectures).
• Financial & High-Reliability Systems: Familiarity with high-reliability engineering, financial infrastructure, or regulated environments where correctness, determinism, auditability, and security are non-negotiable.
• Responsible AI Usage: Track record of deploying generative AI responsibly, maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight to deliver business-ready code and measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building custom fine-tuned LLM coding models, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures over multi-million line monorepos, or semantic code search.
• Direct experience with static analysis tools, AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) manipulation, and automated program repair techniques.
• Background in prime brokerage, crypto custody, or high-frequency trading (HFT) infrastructure security.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation & Equity: Annual base salary ($218,025 – $256,500 USD) + equity grants + annual performance bonus eligibility.
• Healthcare & Retirement: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage + 401(k) retirement plan.
• Remote Perks: Home office setup stipends, quarterly travel coverage for in-person surges, and flexible work resources.