Senior Software Engineer, Agent Verification

Coinbase

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$186,065–$218,900 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $211k
This role $202k
$158k most similar roles pay here $263k

This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $177,250–$245,287 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $211k for comparable roles.

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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 58 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Agent Verification

As a Senior Software Engineer, Agent Verification, you will join the team responsible for building systems that enable safe software deployment within an AI-native development environment. You will design and build reliable backend services and integrations across source control, CI/CD, policy systems, and developer workflows to automate code reviews and risk evaluations. Your primary focus involves leading the delivery of a Unified Merge Gate, integrating automated findings into single merge decisions while migrating repositories from legacy controls. The role requires expertise in Go, distributed systems, API design, and durable state management. You will work with tools like GitHub, AWS, and Kubernetes to implement policy-as-code. This position addresses the technical challenge of balancing automated developer workflows with high-reliability control planes to ensure secure software changes are reviewed and shipped effectively across the organization.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and deliver the Unified Merge Gate system to determine if code changes can be merged.
  • Integrate automated review findings, policy assessments, and CI results into a single merge decision.
  • Build reliable backend services and integrations across GitHub, CI systems, and internal policy platforms.
  • Migrate repositories from legacy controls to the Unified Merge Gate with safe rollouts and rollback paths.
  • Translate security and compliance requirements into practical developer workflows.
  • Measure system impact on human-review volume, time-to-merge, and automated merge coverage.
  • Develop high-reliability control planes for distributed systems and infrastructure.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must have at least 7 years of experience.
  • Experience in backend and distributed systems using Go or a comparable language is required.
  • Experience designing APIs, durable state, failure recovery, observability, and safe rollout mechanisms is required.
  • Experience with CI/CD, source-control integrations, developer infrastructure, or high-consequence control planes is required.
  • Candidates must demonstrate strong security and authorization judgment regarding production gates.
  • Evidence of leading a cross-team technical project from design through migration and operational ownership is required.
  • Candidates must possess hands-on AI fluency to use and evaluate AI-assisted engineering workflows.

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