Remote-First Senior ML Engineer: AI-Driven Finance

Coinbase, Inc.; Frankfort (KY); Hybrid; USD 214,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (L5) to own end-to-end ML initiatives across the lifecycle, from problem formulation to production serving and online experimentation.

You will partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering in a fast-paced, data-driven environment to shape the team's roadmap and raise engineering quality. You will build multi-stage recommendation and ranking models serving millions of users across crypto, equities, derivatives, and prediction

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering and software development.
• Proven track record in one or more relevant domains: recommendation systems, multi-stage ranking and retrieval, contextual bandits, notification targeting, or production LLM applications.
• Strong software engineering and data skills in a backend language like Python or Go, with hands-on proficiency in ML/data stacks (PyTorch, GBDTs, Spark/Databricks, Ray, Kafka, Tecton).
• Deep practical knowledge of offline model evaluation, training-serving skew mitigation, and online A/B experiments tied to business metrics.
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex projects end-to-end, mentor junior engineers.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly with human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end ML initiatives from problem formulation to production deployment and online A/B testing, driving lifts in user engagement and trading activity.
• Build and iterate on multi-stage recommendation, retrieval, and contextual bandit models for millions of users across assets.
• Design intelligent notification orchestration, ranking, and targeting to maximize value while reducing fatigue.
• Develop production LLM pipelines, grounding workflows, and automated evaluation loops for real-time insights.
• Architect low-latency model serving services and real-time feature pipelines, improving reliability and reducing debt.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering to shape the team roadmap and mentor engineers.

Skills

ML engineering

Software development

Backend development

Python

Go

Tools

PyTorch

GBDTs

Spark/Databricks

Ray

Kafka

Tecton

Job description

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (L5) to own end-to-end ML initiatives across the lifecycle, from problem formulation to production serving and online experimentation.

You will partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering in a fast-paced, data-driven environment to shape the team's roadmap and raise engineering quality. You will build multi-stage recommendation and ranking models serving millions of users across crypto, equities, derivatives, and prediction