Senior Machine Learning Platform Engineer(Platform - Identity)

Coinbase Careers Page • $191K — $225K *
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience in production environments.
  • Experience designing and managing distributed systems effectively.
  • Proven history of building low-latency ML or data infrastructure.
  • Mentoring experience, enhancing engineering practices within teams.
  • Familiar with machine learning platform components and their application in production.

Responsibilities

  • Own design and reliability of ML inference infrastructure with high availability.
  • Build and optimize low-latency streaming pipelines for real-time feature delivery.
  • Enhance distributed training capabilities for efficient large data processing.
  • Develop observability tools for monitoring data quality and model performance.
  • Mentor junior engineers to ensure high engineering standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Equity options as part of total compensation package.
  • Flexible work environment with opportunities for career growth.
Full Job Description
Senior Machine Learning Platform Engineer

As a Senior Machine Learning Platform Engineer on the ML Platform team within the Platform group, you'll build the foundational infrastructure that powers feature engineering, model training, and model serving across Coinbase. The platform you build supports fraud detection, user personalization, and blockchain analysis. You'll own critical systems spanning stream processing, distributed training, and highly available inference services, directly shaping how ML scales across the company.

What you'll do:
  • Own the design and reliability of ML inference infrastructure serving both predictive models and LLMs, maintaining high availability and low latency at scale.
  • Build and optimize low-latency streaming pipelines that deliver fresh, high-quality feature data to production ML models.
  • Drive improvements to distributed training infrastructure, enabling ML engineers to process large data volumes efficiently.
  • Develop observability tooling to monitor data quality entering models and detect degradations impacting model performance.
  • Mentor junior engineers on building production-grade software, raising the team's engineering standards over time.

Required Skills and Experience:
  • 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, with demonstrated ownership of distributed systems in production environments.
  • Built and operated low-latency data or ML infrastructure (streaming pipelines, online serving systems, or distributed training) processing data at scale.
  • Track record of mentoring engineers and raising team engineering quality through code reviews, design reviews, and technical leadership.
  • Familiarity with ML platform components (feature stores, model serving frameworks, training orchestration) sufficient to partner effectively with ML engineers as a platform builder.
  • 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):

$191,250-$225,000 USD

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

About Coinbase Careers Page

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There has never been a better time to join the global team of Coinbase professionals, a leading force in the cryptocurrency industry and a hub for innovation and growth.

Work You’ll Do

Join Coinbase's market-leading team to assist some of the most innovative companies and individuals in mastering the digital currency landscape. Transform financial transactions and systems with the best minds at Coinbase, where leadership in technology and consulting converges to drive digital innovation. Lead from a unique position in the marketplace, at the intersection of technology, financial expertise, and digital innovation. Work with a global team of business and technology advisors to help clients and the company navigate through the evolving world of digital currencies. Collaborate with a dedicated group of professionals who are experts in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency – all committed to advancing the industry.

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Join a dedicated group of experts at the forefront of blockchain technology and digital currencies, where industry expertise meets digital innovation.

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