Coinbase

Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity)

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3 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$218k - $257k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the full identity-verification ML stack, including document authenticity, face matching, liveness, presentation-attack, and deepfake/injection detection.
  • Build GNN-based identity-graph systems to detect synthetic-identity rings and coordinated fraud.
  • Develop real-time behavioral and device-intelligence models for session anomalies, bot-versus-human classification, and device-fingerprint risk scoring.
  • Lead vendor ML strategy through benchmarking, dynamic provider and geography routing, and an in-house evaluation layer that detects regressions.
  • Lead and mentor senior and mid-level engineers and align ML system design with ML Platform and Risk ML teams.

Requirements

  • 8+ years deploying production machine-learning systems at scale, with technical leadership of cross-team ML architecture from design through production.
  • Identity verification, biometrics, or account-integrity experience with applied ML expertise in at least two of computer vision/biometrics, GNNs, sequence models, or NLP/LLMs.
  • Expert-level Python and production experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch, including model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure.
  • Experience translating KYC/AML requirements and fraud trends into ML roadmaps and communicating trade-offs to Product, Compliance, Risk, and Security stakeholders.
  • Ability to use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work arrangement with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges”.
  • Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), equity, and bonus eligibility are available as part of total compensation.

Tech Stack

PythonPyTorchTensorFlow
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About Coinbase

5,001-10,000 employees

Coinbase builds a cryptocurrency platform for consumers, institutions, and developers to buy, sell, store, and use digital assets. Its products include the Coinbase app/exchange, Coinbase Prime for institutions, custody services, and developer APIs, and it earns primarily from transaction fees and subscriptions. Founded in 2012 and now remote-first, Coinbase is a public company (NASDAQ: COIN) serving major crypto markets in the U.S. and abroad.

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