Coinbase · 3 weeks ago
Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$218K/yr - $256K/yr
8+ years expCoinbase is a remote-first company focused on increasing economic freedom. They are seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for the Identity Verification team, responsible for owning the ML systems that ensure the legitimacy of accounts and documents, as well as leading technical strategies for ML architecture and production enforcement.
Crypto & Web3FinTechPaymentsBitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Own the full IDV ML stack, including document authenticity models, 1:1 and 1:N face-match, liveness detection, presentation-attack detection, and deepfake/injection detection from feature pipeline through threshold tuning and production enforcement
Build identity-graph systems using GNNs that cluster accounts sharing biometric, device, and document signals to detect synthetic-identity rings and coordinated fraud at onboarding
Develop behavioral and device-intelligence models for capture-session anomaly detection, bot-vs-human classification, and device-fingerprint-based risk scoring at real-time latency
Drive vendor ML strategy by benchmarking external models against a Coinbase-owned evaluation set, designing dynamic routing logic across providers and geographies, and building the in-house evaluation layer that catches regressions before they reach users
Lead and mentor senior and mid-level engineers in the pod while partnering with ML Platform and Risk ML teams to align cross-company ML system design
Qualification
Required
8+ years deploying production ML systems at scale, with proven technical leadership owning cross-team ML architecture from design through production
Domain experience in identity verification, biometrics, or account integrity with deep applied ML in at least two of: computer vision/biometrics, GNNs, sequence models, or NLP/LLMs
Expert-level Python with production experience in TensorFlow or PyTorch, including model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure
Track record translating KYC/AML requirements and fraud trends into ML roadmaps and communicating trade-offs to Product, Compliance, Risk, and Security stakeholders
Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality
Benefits
Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k))
Company
Coinbase
Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It is a sub-organization of Coinbase.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Engineering and Development
Product Management
Management and Executive
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Marketing
Customer Service and Support
Human Resources
Creatives and Design
Public Sector and Government
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (56)
2025 (181)
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2023 (96)
2022 (284)
2021 (183)
2020 (66)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.45BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementTiger Global ManagementIVP
2025-08-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $8M
2024-03-13Post Ipo Debt· $1.1B
Leadership Team
Alesia Haas
Chief Financial Officer
Daniel Seifert
Vice President & Regional Managing Director, EMEA
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