Senior AML/CTF Investigator - AI-Enhanced Compliance

Coinbase Bridge; United States; Remote; USD 74,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior SAM Analyst on the CX Compliance team to investigate complex financial crime activity and strengthen AI-assisted investigations. You’ll own high-risk casework, validate outputs, support regulatory reporting, and help improve investigation quality with human oversight.

In this role you will lead AML/CTF investigations, draft SARs/STRs, evaluate AI narratives, translate defects into product feedback, and assist model tuning and release readiness.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in AML, transaction monitoring, fraud investigations, or financial crime.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience drafting SARs/STRs and supporting regulatory requirements.
• Experience with quality reviews, second-reviewer checks, calibration, or model evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AML/CTF investigations involving complex alerts, referrals, fraud typologies, and interconnected activity.
• Draft and review SARs/STRs with evidence-based conclusions.
• Evaluate AI-generated narratives, evidence, risk assessments, and HITL quality scores.
• Translate investigation, model, data, and workflow defects into actionable feedback for Product, Compliance Tech, and ML Eng.
• Support AI evaluation and release testing through annotation, calibration, and benchmark reviews.
• Escalate material issues affecting customers, regulatory filings, or launch readiness with evidence.

Skills

AML investigations

SAR/STR drafting

Regulatory compliance

Quality reviews

Risk-based escalation

Generative AI governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

CAMS certification (preferred)

Tools

SQL

Snowflake

Blockchain analytics

Entity resolution

Fraud-ring analysis

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior SAM Analyst on the CX Compliance team to investigate complex financial crime activity and strengthen AI-assisted investigations. You’ll own high-risk casework, validate outputs, support regulatory reporting, and help improve investigation quality with human oversight.

In this role you will lead AML/CTF investigations, draft SARs/STRs, evaluate AI narratives, translate defects into product feedback, and assist model tuning and release readiness.