Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform)

Warmada; United States; Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an experienced ML Engineer to architect and ship Agentic AI systems for compliance automation. You will lead the ML direction for agent-based solutions, design evaluation frameworks, and collaborate with Compliance, Legal, and Operations to translate complex regulatory workflows into automated technical specifications.

The role requires deep expertise in LLM applications, prompt engineering, and responsible AI practices, with a focus on auditable, regulatorily defensible

Qualifications

• 8+ years in machine learning and software engineering with production experience in LLM-based or Agentic AI apps.
• Expertise in LLM application development including prompt engineering, RAG, grounding, and guardrail design.
• Proven track record building evaluation/monitoring systems for ML models in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build production Agentic AI systems for compliance automation, including LLM-powered agents and orchestration pipelines.
• Own the ML technical direction for compliance agents, including model selection and guardrail design for regulatorily defensible outputs.
• Design evaluation frameworks to quantify agent performance, detect hallucinations/drift, and ensure auditability for regulators.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Operations to translate regulatory workflows into automatable specs and automation vs. human-in-the-loop decisions.
• Mentor engineers on ML system design, LLM patterns, and responsible AI practices.

Skills

Agentic AI systems

LLM application development

Python

Prompt engineering

Model evaluation

Compliance automation

Tools

LangChain

vector databases

Airflow

Spark

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

What You'll Do:

• Architect and build production Agentic AI systems for compliance automation, including LLM-powered agents, orchestration pipelines, and decision support workflows that replace manual compliance processes
• Own the ML technical direction for compliance agents, driving model selection, prompt engineering, grounding strategies, and guardrail design that ensure agent outputs are accurate, auditable, and regulatorily defensible
• Design and implement evaluation and measurement frameworks that quantify agent performance, detect hallucinations and drift, and provide the auditability compliance teams and regulators require
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Operations stakeholders to translate complex regulatory workflows into automatable technical specifications, identifying which processes are candidates for full automation vs. human-in-the-loop augmentation
• Mentor engineers on ML system design, LLM application patterns, and responsible AI practices, raising the team's technical bar for production AI systems

Required Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years in machine learning and software engineering, with demonstrated experience shipping LLM-based or Agentic AI applications to production
• Deep expertise in LLM application development, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), grounding techniques, hallucination reduction, and agent orchestration frameworks
• Proven track record building evaluation and measurement systems for ML models in production, including monitoring for drift, accuracy degradation, and output quality at scale
• Strong Python proficiency with hands-on experience in GenAI frameworks and ML infrastructure (e.g., LangChain, vector databases, Airflow, Spark, or equivalent orchestration and data processing tools)
• Experience in compliance, regulatory technology, financial crimes, or similarly regulated domains where auditability, explainability, and correctness of automated decisions are critical
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Pay Transparency Notice:

Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):
$218,025—$256,500 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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