Embedded AI Engineer — Compliance Automation Lead

Coinbase, Inc.; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase seeks a founding engineer in Compliance to identify high-value automation opportunities across transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory change management, and exam readiness. You will rapidly prototype solutions on Coinbase's AI platform and serve as a translator between Compliance stakeholders and engineering teams.

You will define the build-vs-buy strategy for Compliance tooling, ensure auditable outputs, and drive adoption through hands-on sessions with Compliance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in complex environments.
• Hands-on experience deploying LLM-based applications.
• Ability to embed with non-technical domain experts and translate workflows into engineering requirements.
• Familiarity with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory filing workflows, and audit-ready data handling.
• Experience with multi-agent orchestration concepts and agent system handoffs, escalation, and auditability.
• Experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or embedded advisory roles in compliance-tech or financial services.

Responsibilities

• Embed with Compliance leadership and frontline teams to surface automation opportunities with ground-level workflow understanding (e.g., transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory change management, exam prep).
• Prototype quickly on Coinbase's AI platform as the baseline before proposing new builds.
• Own the Compliance automation roadmap in partnership with Compliance leadership, translating regulatory workflows into engineering requirements.
• Define the build-vs-buy strategy for Compliance tooling and determine what to build, adopt, procure, or retire.
• Ensure all automated outputs are traceable, reviewable, and defensible to regulators with auditability and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Drive adoption through brown-bags, prototype walkthroughs, and feedback loops with Compliance teams.

Job description

Coinbase seeks a founding engineer in Compliance to identify high-value automation opportunities across transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory change management, and exam readiness. You will rapidly prototype solutions on Coinbase's AI platform and serve as a translator between Compliance stakeholders and engineering teams.

You will define the build-vs-buy strategy for Compliance tooling, ensure auditable outputs, and drive adoption through hands-on sessions with Compliance