Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations

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.

Lessons from launching Enterprise-grade GenAI solutions at Coinbase

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)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$253,895—$298,700 USD