Senior AML/CTF Investigator - AI-Enhanced

Coinbase, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior SAM Analyst within the CX Compliance team to investigate complex financial crime activity and strengthen AI-assisted investigations. You will own high-risk casework, validate outputs, and help ensure regulatory reporting accuracy while identifying control gaps.

You’ll draft SARs/STRs, participate in model evaluation, and provide feedback to Product, Compliance Technology, and ML Engineering. This role emphasizes human oversight and responsible AI use.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in AML, transaction monitoring, fraud investigations, or financial crime
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• Experience drafting and reviewing SARs/STRs with documented evidence
• Experience conducting quality reviews and model evaluation, identifying weaknesses
• Ability to prioritize cases and escalate risks under time pressure
• Preferred: CAMS or AML/fraud certifications; experience with SQL, Snowflake, entity resolution, blockchain analytics

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AML/CTF investigations involving complex alerts and multi-entity activity
• Draft and review SARs and STRs ensuring evidence-based conclusions
• Evaluate AI-generated narratives, risk assessments, and dispositions with HITL quality checks
• Translate defects in investigations, data, and workflows into actionable feedback for products and ML systems
• Support AI evaluation and release testing through annotation and calibration
• Escalate material issues affecting customers, regulatory filings, or launch readiness

Skills

AML/CTF investigations

SARs/STRs drafting

Regulatory reporting

Quality reviews & calibration

Risk-based escalation

SQL

Snowflake

Blockchain analytics

CAMS certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SQL

Snowflake

Blockchain analytics

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior SAM Analyst within the CX Compliance team to investigate complex financial crime activity and strengthen AI-assisted investigations. You will own high-risk casework, validate outputs, and help ensure regulatory reporting accuracy while identifying control gaps.

You’ll draft SARs/STRs, participate in model evaluation, and provide feedback to Product, Compliance Technology, and ML Engineering. This role emphasizes human oversight and responsible AI use.