Remote-First Embedded AI Engineer (Legal & Compliance)

Coinbase, Inc.; Tallahassee (FL); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. seeks a founding engineer to embed with the Legal leadership, surface automation opportunities, and prototype AI tooling on Coinbase's platform.

You will translate complex legal workflows into engineering requirements and help shape the automation roadmap in partnership with senior Legal leadership. You will ensure outputs are auditable, defensible, and compliant, with human-in-the-loop design and governance considerations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering in ambiguous, stakeholder-heavy environments.
• Hands-on experience deploying LLM-based applications and AI tooling for high-stakes outputs.
• Able to embed with non-technical domain experts and translate workflows into engineering requirements.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management, regulatory filing workflows, and privilege data handling.
• Experience in a Forward Deployed Engineering or embedded advisory capacity, especially in legal-tech or RegTech.

Responsibilities

• Embed with Legal leadership to surface automation opportunities and map workflows to engineering requirements.
• Prototype quickly using Coinbase's AI platform and advise on build-vs-buy decisions.
• Own the Legal automation roadmap in partnership with the VP of Legal and CCO.
• Define the build-vs-buy strategy for Legal tooling and ensure outputs are auditable and defensible.
• Drive adoption through walkthroughs and feedback loops to ensure tooling is used.

Skills

Software engineering

LLM-based apps

Stakeholder embedding

Legal/compliance systems

Multi-agent orchestration

Forward Deployed Eng

Responsible AI

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. seeks a founding engineer to embed with the Legal leadership, surface automation opportunities, and prototype AI tooling on Coinbase's platform.

You will translate complex legal workflows into engineering requirements and help shape the automation roadmap in partnership with senior Legal leadership. You will ensure outputs are auditable, defensible, and compliant, with human-in-the-loop design and governance considerations.