Coinbase engineering lead Brock Miller leaves for Anthropic after eight years

Miller said he departed the exchange last month, joined Anthropic as a technical staff member, and remains optimistic on Coinbase and crypto while pointing to AI’s growing impact on software engineering.

Summary

Coinbase engineering lead Brock Miller said on July 11 that he left the crypto exchange last month after eight years and has joined Anthropic as a technical staff member. Miller said joining Coinbase in 2018 was the best career decision he made, added that he remains optimistic on Coinbase and the broader crypto sector, and said AI-driven changes to software engineering are only beginning.

Terms & Concepts
  • AI-driven changes to software engineering: the use of artificial intelligence tools and systems to reshape how software is designed, written, tested, and maintained
  • technical staff member: an engineering-focused role responsible for building or supporting technical systems