Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Compute Platform

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Compute Platform team within the Platform group at Coinbase. As a key member of our team, you will own the primary compute orchestration infrastructure that every service at Coinbase runs on. Built largely on CNCF technologies including Kubernetes and Istio, this platform underpins the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our entire product suite. You will design and ship tooling, automation, and net-new capabilities that make it easy for hundreds of engineers to deploy and operate critical services, while partnering closely with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to raise the bar across the stack. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Software Engineer on our Compute Platform team, your responsibilities will include: - Designing, building, and operating Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation that keeps our compute platform reliable and self-healing at scale. - Building developer-facing tooling and workflows that improve how engineers across Coinbase interact with Kubernetes, with a heavy emphasis on integrating AI-driven processes and support. - Delivering net-new compute capabilities for service owners, such as one-off jobs, cron scheduling, deployment strategies, EFS support, and automated right-sizing. - Driving operational excellence by automating toil, reducing on-call burden, and continuously improving platform observability and incident response. - Partnering with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to ensure the compute platform meets Coinbase's standards for security, uptime, and performance. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - 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 (e.g., EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, networking) in a production environment at scale. - 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 the CNCF ecosystem (e.g., Helm, Prometheus, ArgoCD, Envoy) and a track record of applying these tools to solve real infrastructure problems. - Proven ability to apply AI tooling to infrastructure workflows, improving automation, developer productivity, or operational efficiency. - Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. WHY REMOTE Coinbase is a remote-first company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges” to bring the team together. This role is designed to be remote, with the opportunity to work from anywhere and collaborate with a talented team of engineers. BENEFITS Coinbase offers a competitive target annual base salary of $191,100 CAD, as well as equity and bonus eligibility and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision.