Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
Core
Define and lead technical strategy for Coinbase's data infrastructure, enabling AI/ML workloads and powering fraud detection and financial reporting.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data Platform)
Builds
Data ingestion, transformation, warehousing, streaming, and serving systems supporting AI/ML pipelines and multi-agent architectures.
Domain
Fintech / Distributed Data Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed data infrastructure, end-to-end technical strategy, systems thinking (performance/reliability/cost/security), ML training pipelines and feature stores, platform mindset, generative AI integration
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, CDC
Responsibilities
Own technical strategy and architecture for data ingestion, transformation, warehousing, streaming, and serving; Architect data infrastructure to natively support AI and ML workloads; Drive evolution to near-real-time data availability; Secure commitment from senior leadership and cross-functional partners; Serve as primary technical voice in org-wide forums
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership