Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform Engineer

Details

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. The Search & Recommendations Team builds a recommendations platform to accelerate adoption of ML/AI solutions for personalizing the user experience across the Coinbase ecosystem. This role focuses on building a centralized platform for Search & Recommendations use cases, working with state-of-the-art AI/ML models, frameworks, and tools to shape how people and businesses engage with AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a centralized platform for all Search & Recommendations use cases at Coinbase.
• Advocate for and ensure adoption of the platform across teams.
• Manage project execution, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code to address product and business needs.
• Build scalable, secure systems using modern cloud technologies and industry best practices.
• Debug complex technical issues to improve reliability, scalability, and operability.
• Review and ensure security, scalability, and architectural integrity of feature designs across teams.
• Build pipelines to integrate with third-party vendors and streamline workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven expertise building and maintaining production services; strong understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with streaming and batch data processing pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Snowflake (or similar).
• Ability to write high-quality, well-tested code that meets customer needs.
• Deep understanding of high-quality code and software engineering processes and the ability to foster an environment that promotes them.
• Strong technical skills in system design and coding.
• Good high-level grasp of AI/ML concepts such as LLMs, GNNs, deep learning, logistic regression, and gradient boosting trees.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and preference for open, transparent cultural practices.
• Passion for building an open financial system and for Coinbase's mission.

Nice to haves

• Experience navigating rapid company growth (e.g., from startup to mid-size).
• Familiarity with Python, GoLang, Docker, Postgres, MongoDB.
• Background in Search, Recommendations, and ML infrastructure is a strong plus.

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility, equity eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
• Health Savings Account with company contributions.
• Disability and life insurance.
• Wellness stipend, mobile/internet reimbursement, connections stipend.
• Volunteer time off, fertility counseling and benefits, generous time off/leave policy.
• Option to get paid in digital currency.

Other details

• In-person participation is required throughout the year; team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually.
• Pay transparency: target annual salary range (depending on work location) is $152,405—$179,300 USD.
• Job ID: GPMLP04US. #LI-Remote
• Coinbase uses a pilot AI tool for initial screening interviews for select roles; a human recruiter reviews interview responses.