Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations
Lead AI Foundations engineering at Coinbase, focusing on shared AI services and operational excellence.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 8 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 8 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Lead AI Foundations engineering
- Partner with Product and senior engineers
- Own engineering-side vendor relationships
- Drive operational excellence of AI primitives/services
- Establish a 2027 strategy and roadmap
Must have
- Own the 'Neutral Foundations' pillar of Coinbase’s AI Tooling Strategy
- Drive operational excellence of the AI primitives/services
Practical constraints
- Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period
Role intensity
10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
AI Foundations builds the shared infrastructure that lets teams across Coinbase use AI securely, reliably, and cost-effectively.
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Senior Engineering Manager for AI Foundations at Coinbase leads the engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining the infrastructure that supports AI services across the organization. This role requires expertise in AI tooling, operational excellence, and collaboration with product and engineering teams to ensure reliability and security while managing costs. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in engineering leadership and a strategic mindset to drive the AI roadmap. Coinbase emphasizes a high-performance culture, with opportunities for in-person collaboration during quarterly sessions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Coinbase's careers page October 14, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$170,280).
- Starts above 80% of 132 comparable senior management roles in United States that list AI/ML we track (median $175,000 across 52 companies). See AI/ML salary trends
- AI/ML appears in 19.1% of 931 comparable senior management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations role remote?
- Yes — Coinbase lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $253,895–$298,700 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI Foundations, AI/ML, LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
AI Foundations builds the shared infrastructure that lets teams across Coinbase use AI securely, reliably, and cost-effectively. Its scope includes the LLM Gateway and model routing, MCP Gateway for agent access to tools, knowledge and context services, evaluation infrastructure, and AI discovery and spend tooling. These building blocks power employee productivity and AI-enabled products without each team rebuilding the same infrastructure.
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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, and partner with Security, Legal, and Finance on AI governance and spend controls.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Own the “Neutral Foundations” pillar of Coinbase’s AI Tooling Strategy; establish a 2027 strategy and roadmap for the team.
- Drive operational excellence of the AI primitives/services.
- Deliver LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway; pave the road for model routing, evaluations;
- Grow the next rung of leadership on AI Foundations.
Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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