Embedded AI Engineer for Compliance & Automation

Coinbase, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is hiring a founding engineer for Compliance, embedded with the Office of the CTO, to lead automation efforts across transaction monitoring and regulatory workflows. You will prototype AI-driven solutions, shape the automation roadmap, and ensure auditable, compliant outputs with human-in-the-loop controls.

You will collaborate with Compliance leadership and engineering teams to translate complex regulatory needs into practical engineering requirements, balancing build-vs-buy decisions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in ambiguous, stakeholder-heavy environments.
• Hands-on experience deploying LLM-based applications and building evaluation frameworks.
• 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.
• Knowledge of multi-agent orchestration concepts and handoffs, escalation, and auditability.
• Experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or embedded advisory roles in compliance/RegTech/financial services.
• Responsible AI practices with human oversight to improve workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Embed with Compliance leadership and frontline teams to surface high-leverage automation opportunities and map workflows.
• Prototype quickly using Coinbase's AI platform as the baseline for proposed solutions.
• Own the Compliance automation roadmap with leadership, translating regulatory workflows into engineering requirements.
• Define build-vs-buy strategy for Compliance tooling and identify internal builds, partner integrations, or vendor solutions.
• Ensure automated outputs are traceable, auditable, and defensible with proper controls and evidence retention.
• Drive adoption through brown-bag sessions, prototype walkthroughs, and feedback loops with Compliance teams.

Skills

Software engineering

LLM deployments

Workflow translation

Compliance domain knowledge

Multi-agent orchestration

Forward Deployed Eng

Responsible AI

Job description

Coinbase is hiring a founding engineer for Compliance, embedded with the Office of the CTO, to lead automation efforts across transaction monitoring and regulatory workflows. You will prototype AI-driven solutions, shape the automation roadmap, and ensure auditable, compliant outputs with human-in-the-loop controls.

You will collaborate with Compliance leadership and engineering teams to translate complex regulatory needs into practical engineering requirements, balancing build-vs-buy decisions