Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations

Overview

Lead AI Foundations engineering, the team that builds Coinbase's shared AI infrastructure services (LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway, knowledge and context services, evaluation infrastructure, and AI discovery and spend tooling).

What you'll do

• Lead AI Foundations engineering, with responsibility for hiring, coaching, technical direction, prioritization, and delivery across its shared AI services.
• Partner with Product and senior engineers to balance rapid model and agent innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.
• Own engineering-side vendor relationships and operational readiness.
• Partner with Security, Legal, and Finance on AI governance and spend controls.

What you'll need

• Own the "Neutral Foundations" pillar of Coinbase's AI Tooling Strategy and establish a 2027 strategy and roadmap for the team.
• Drive operational excellence of the AI primitives and services.
• Deliver LLM Gateway and MCP Gateway; pave the road for model routing and evaluations.
• Grow the next rung of leadership on AI Foundations.

Details

• Remote-first, but not remote-only; expect to get together quarterly for in-person working sessions called "surges".
• Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $253,895 to $298,700 USD.
• Total compensation may also include equity, bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).