Senior Software Engineer, AI Applications

About the job

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom around the world, and we couldn’t do this without hiring the best people. We’re a group of hard-working overachievers who are deeply focused on building the future of finance and Web3 for our users across the globe, whether they’re trading, storing, staking or using crypto. Know those people who always lead the group project? That’s us.There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for candidates who will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people who are excited to learn about and live crypto, because those are the folks who enjoy the intense moments in our sprint and recharge work culture. We’re a remote-first company looking to hire the absolute best talent all over the world.

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Who you are:

• You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there.
• You’re never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
• You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and an eager listener - because let’s face it, you can’t have one without the other. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
• You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a boring job.
• You have a “can do” attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesn’t scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
• You want to be part of a winning team. We’re stronger together, and you’re a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.
  
  

Team/ Role Paragraph

• Team - The Agent Productivity Tools (APT) team is a vital part of Coinbase’s Enterprise Applications and Architecture org, responsible for building the customer experience platforms that streamlines the customer service and compliance processes with innovative services, tools and applications that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of CX agents. This helps resolve customer issues and compliance KYC processes faster, with greater accuracy, and ultimately this leads to higher customer satisfaction levels and a better overall compliant experience for our customers.
• Role - You will be building applications that will enable Coinbase Customer Agents and other users to increase their productivity, drive automation, and deliver impact at scale through AI/ML-based technologies.
  
  

What You’ll Be Doing (ie. Job Duties)

• Build integrations with backend services for AI/ML applications.
• Support assessment and implementation of third-party AI/ML tools.
• Deliver cross-functional outcomes to complex problems in collaboration with product, design, security, data or other engineering teams
• Demonstrate a keen awareness of Coinbase’s platform, development practices, and various technical domains and build upon them to efficiently deliver improvements across multiple teams.
• Participate in an environment where innovative ideas are regularly generated, vetted, and transformed into action.
• Foresee potential issues before they arise and adapt their own approach, working within constraints to avoid adverse impact.
• Communicate across the company to technical and non-technical leaders with ease.
• Quickly distill complex technical themes so that an entry level, non-tech team member can understand them.
• Mentor team members in design techniques and best practices in coding, testing, release/deploy process, documentation, metrics/logging and scaling.
• Working with teams and teammates across multiple time zones.
  
  

What We Look For In You (ie. Job Requirements)

• You have at least 5 years of experience in software engineering and at least 5 years of experience in developing web apps and shipping user-facing features with JavaScript and modern, component-based JS frameworks like React.
• Experience in technical evaluation of third-party SaaS AI/ML applications.
• Proven experience in integrating AI/ML APIs into web applications.
• Experience with third-party vendor integrations.
• You enjoy and have experience with large-scale, high-traffic platforms and implementing scalable, robust services in the real world.
• You have experience in authoring and contributing to technical architecture and implementing them.
• Experience in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, BuildKite or similar.
• Experience in rate limiters, caching, load balancing, circuit breakers, metrics, logging, tracing, debugging etc.
• Experience in event driven architectures (Kafka, MQ etc.), proficiency in either SQL or NoSQL DBs, understanding of concepts like gRPC, GraphQL, ETL.
• Proficiency in Go.
  
  

Nice To Haves

• Python, Ruby
• SaaS platform experience
• Applications using OpenAI/ChatGPT
• Salesforce XP
  
  

Job #: P55604

‍Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

‍Pay Range

$180,625—$212,500 USD

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view Pay Transparency, Employee Rights and Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.Coinbase is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please complete this intake form to let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here).Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and ApplicantsDepending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. For US applicants only, by submitting your application you are agreeing to arbitration of disputes as outlined here.