Senior ML Engineer: AI-Driven Finance (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Pierre (SD); Remote; USD 214,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision care

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (L5) to own end-to-end ML initiatives—from problem framing and feature engineering to production serving and online experimentation. You will partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering to shape the roadmap, raise engineering quality, and deploy AI-native workflows that scale impact across crypto, equities, derivatives, and prediction markets.

This role emphasizes responsible AI, low-latency services, and collaboration across teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning engineering and software development.
• Proven track record in recommendation systems, multi-stage ranking and retrieval, contextual bandits, notification targeting, or production LLM applications.
• Proficient in Python or Go with experience in ML/data stacks (PyTorch, Spark/Databricks, Ray, Kafka, Tecton).
• Deep knowledge of offline model evaluation, training-serving skew mitigation, and online A/B experiments tied to business metrics.
• Ability to drive complex projects end-to-end and mentor junior engineers.
• Commitment to responsible AI with human oversight and measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end ML initiatives from problem formulation to production deployment and online A/B testing.
• Build multi-stage recommendation and ranking models serving millions of users across assets.
• Design intelligent notification, ranking, and targeting systems to improve user experience.
• Develop production LLM pipelines and real-time market insights for personalized content.
• Architect low-latency model serving and real-time feature pipelines; lead incident response.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Engineering to shape roadmaps and scale automation.

Skills

Machine learning engineering

Recommendation systems

Ranking & retrieval

Contextual bandits

Notification targeting

Production LLM apps

Python/Go backend

PyTorch

Offline evaluation

Training-serving skew

A/B testing

Project leadership

Mentoring

Responsible AI

Tools

Spark/Databricks

Ray

Kafka

Tecton

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (L5) to own end-to-end ML initiatives—from problem framing and feature engineering to production serving and online experimentation. You will partner with Product, Data Science, and Engineering to shape the roadmap, raise engineering quality, and deploy AI-native workflows that scale impact across crypto, equities, derivatives, and prediction markets.

This role emphasizes responsible AI, low-latency services, and collaboration across teams