Coinbase

Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity)

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11 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$218k - $257k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the full identity-verification ML stack from feature pipelines and model evaluation through threshold tuning and production enforcement.
  • Build document, biometric, liveness, deepfake, identity-graph, behavioral, and device-intelligence models for fraud and account-integrity detection.
  • Develop GNN-based systems to identify synthetic-identity rings and coordinated fraud using biometric, device, and document signals.
  • Create vendor benchmarking, dynamic routing, and in-house evaluation systems to detect model regressions before production release.
  • Lead technical strategy and cross-team ML architecture while partnering with ML Platform and Risk ML teams.
  • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and communicate ML trade-offs to Product, Compliance, Risk, and Security stakeholders.
  • Use generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience deploying production ML systems at scale.
  • Proven technical leadership owning 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.
  • Ability to communicate trade-offs to Product, Compliance, Risk, and Security stakeholders.

Benefits

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

Tech Stack

PythonPyTorchTensorFlow

Categories

Coinbase

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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