Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations

Coinbase

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Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$253,895–$298,700 / yr
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Above market

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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $168,975–$249,400 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $276k versus about $209k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Coinbase

Coinbase Global is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform where consumers can buy, sell, and store digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange & Financial Technology

Coinbase currently has 94 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $186,065–$218,900 across 85 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations

The Senior Engineering Manager, AI Foundations leads the engineering team responsible for building shared infrastructure that enables secure, reliable, and cost-effective AI usage across the organization. You will manage hiring, coaching, technical direction, and delivery for shared AI services, including the LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway, model routing, evaluation infrastructure, and AI discovery and spend tooling. Your daily work involves partnering with Product and senior engineers to balance rapid model and agent innovation with security, reliability, and developer experience. You will also own vendor relationships and operational readiness while collaborating with Security, Legal, and Finance on AI governance. Key responsibilities include establishing the Neutral Foundations pillar strategy and roadmap for 2027 while driving operational excellence for AI primitives and services.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?

Median $238500 from 47 postings across 18 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead AI Foundations engineering by managing hiring, coaching, technical direction, and project delivery.
  • Establish the 2027 strategy and roadmap for the Neutral Foundations pillar of AI Tooling.
  • Deliver the LLM Gateway and MCP Gateway to provide shared AI infrastructure.
  • Develop infrastructure for model routing, evaluations, and AI discovery.
  • Drive operational excellence for all AI primitives and shared services.
  • Manage engineering-side vendor relationships and ensure operational readiness.
  • Partner with Security, Legal, and Finance on AI governance and spend controls.
  • Grow the next level of leadership within the AI Foundations team.

What we're looking for

  • Lead AI Foundations engineering, including hiring, coaching, technical direction, prioritization, and delivery of shared AI services.
  • Partner with Product and senior engineers to balance model innovation with reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.
  • Own engineering-side vendor relationships and operational readiness.
  • Partner with Security, Legal, and Finance on AI governance and spend controls.
  • Own the Neutral Foundations pillar of the AI Tooling Strategy and establish a 2027 strategy and roadmap.
  • Drive operational excellence of AI primitives and services.
  • Deliver LLM Gateway and MCP Gateway while paving the road for model routing and evaluations.
  • Grow the next rung of leadership on AI Foundations.

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