Coinbase
Forward Deployed Engineer, Finance [Office of the CTO]
$218K–$256K
Remote - USA +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jul 22, 2026
- Location
- Remote - USA
US - Remote Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only) - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Embed in Coinbase Finance to identify workflow automation opportunities, build and deploy AI tools, and drive their adoption across FP&A and Treasury.
What you'll do
- Map Finance workflows and set an automation roadmap with FP&A and Treasury leadership; translate between stakeholders and engineering teams.
- Prototype solutions on Coinbase’s AI platform and define build-versus-buy decisions for Finance tooling.
- Ensure automated outputs are auditable and compliant, and drive adoption through demonstrations and feedback.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production systems in ambiguous, stakeholder-heavy environments.
- Hands-on experience deploying LLM-based applications, including prompt engineering, evaluation, hallucination guardrails, and human-in-the-loop design.
- Ability to embed with non-technical experts, learn complex workflows, and translate them into engineering requirements.
- Familiarity with financial systems concepts, SOX-controlled environments, and multi-agent orchestration.
Nice to have
- Greenfield experience.
- Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or embedded technical advisory experience, ideally in fintech, finance-tech, or enterprise automation.
Pay
$218,025 — $256,500 USD annual base salary (excluding equity and bonus)
Tools
LLM, NetSuite, Workday, Anaplan
AI focus
Prototype and deploy LLM-based applications for Finance workflows using Coinbase’s AI platform; address evaluation, hallucination guardrails, human oversight, auditability, and adoption.
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