# Senior Software Engineer, Infra - Compute Platform

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $186k – $219k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Helm, Prometheus, Argo CD, Envoy, EC2, EKS, IAM
**Posted:** 2026-06-10

> Senior engineer owning Kubernetes-based compute orchestration platform. Builds tooling, automation, and AI-driven workflows to improve reliability and developer experience across Coinbase services.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the design, build, and operation of Kubernetes cluster management tooling and automation that keeps the compute platform reliable and self-healing at scale.
- Build developer-facing tooling and workflows that improve how engineers interact with Kubernetes, with a heavy emphasis on integrating AI-driven processes and support.
- Deliver net-new compute capabilities for service owners, such as one-off jobs, cron scheduling, deployment strategies, EFS support, and automated right-sizing.
- Drive operational excellence by automating toil, reducing on-call burden, and continuously improving platform observability and incident response.
- Partner with Security, Reliability, and Observability teams to ensure the compute platform meets standards for security, uptime, and performance.

## Requirements
- 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.

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