Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Core AI Infrastructure
at Coinbase in Montpelier, Vermont, United States
Job Description
Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of?
At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform - and with it, the future global financial system.
To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems.
Our coinbasemission is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be.
While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.
What you'll be doing (ie. job duties):
AI-Driven Innovation:
- Join a high-performing team of skilled engineers driving AI transformation at Coinbase.
This role involves leading the development of scalable AI products with direct exposure to high-level executives, focusing on rapid ideation, execution, and delivering impactful solutions in a dynamic, incubator-style environment.
Partner with the Coinbase Infrastructure team to support and extend existing cicd frameworks to support IT services, including enterprise network platforms
Partner with security and compliance to build surveillance tooling into deployment pipelines
Design and implement automation to streamline overall operational IT support workflows
Action Kubernetes deployment, implementation, and support
Build a technological roadmap based on product requirements
Participate in on-call to support the AWS service deployment pipeline
Promote DevSecOps mentality and establish best practices to ensure top-tier cloud security
Set and maintain a standard of excellence for technical documentation across IT engineering
Participate in an operational environment with strict SLAs and managed incident response and disaster recovery strategies
Facilitate incident response, conduct root cause analysis and blameless retrospectives
Define metrics and designimplement automation opportunities based on monitoringobservability
Developing and maintaining integrations with other systems, such as source control and build systems
Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with internal toolings
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
10+ years experience supporting network infrastructure
10+ years experience automating cloud infrastructure
Proficient in at least one scripting languages (Bash, python, Ruby, Go, etc)
Proficiency with version control using CICD (Git)
Strong experience supporting AWS services and CICD workflows using terraform or equivalent framework
Strong experience with configuration management systems like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Salt
Strong experience with containers and containers orchestration like Docker and Kubernetes
Demonstrated ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows, continuously learn as tools evolve, and apply human-in-the-loop practices to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in efficiency, cost, and quality
Nice to haves:
Expertise with linux, bash, ruby, python andor go
Expertise automating EC2 or containers deployment with terraform
Strong network security fundamentals
Experience managing and leveraging log aggregation
Experience working in a highly regulated environment
Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth company
Experience in a Remote-first IT environment
ID:
P76834
Pay Transparency Notice:
- Depending on your work location, the target annual
- base
- salary for this position can range as detailed below.
Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$218,025-$256,500 USD
Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Coinbase 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 the static-assets.coinbasee-verify.pdf 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 contact us at accommodationshttp:chromevoxtutorial.
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AI Disclosure
For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording andor transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.
For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.
The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment. To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase and
