Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity)

Coinbase Careers Page • $218K — $256K *
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Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in deploying production ML systems at scale, demonstrating strong technical leadership.
  • Familiarity with identity verification, biometrics, or account integrity, with expertise in at least two ML domains like computer vision, GNNs, sequence models, or NLP/LLMs.
  • Proficient in Python and experienced with TensorFlow or PyTorch for model training and infrastructure.
  • Experience translating KYC/AML requirements into actionable ML roadmaps and communicating effectively with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to responsibly utilize generative AI while maintaining oversight to enhance workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Own the complete IDV ML stack, overseeing models from document authenticity to detection of deepfakes.
  • Build identity-graph systems using GNNs to cluster accounts for fraud detection during onboarding.
  • Develop models for anomaly detection, focusing on capturing session analysis and classifying bot vs. human.
  • Drive vendor ML strategy by evaluating external models against internal benchmarks and creating routing logic.
  • Mentor and lead engineering teams while collaborating with other ML departments to ensure cohesive system design.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions.
  • Equity and bonus eligibility based on performance.
Full Job Description
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Identity Verification

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the Identity Verification team within the Platform group, you'll own the ML systems that determine whether a person, document, and capture session are legitimate. Every signup, account recovery, and high-risk action at Coinbase depends on these models. You'll lead the technical strategy for IDV ML end-to-end, from architecture through production enforcement, protecting the integrity of millions of accounts.

What you'll do:
  • Own the full IDV ML stack, including document authenticity models, 1:1 and 1:N face-match, liveness detection, presentation-attack detection, and deepfake/injection detection from feature pipeline through threshold tuning and production enforcement.
  • Build identity-graph systems using GNNs that cluster accounts sharing biometric, device, and document signals to detect synthetic-identity rings and coordinated fraud at onboarding.
  • Develop behavioral and device-intelligence models for capture-session anomaly detection, bot-vs-human classification, and device-fingerprint-based risk scoring at real-time latency.
  • Drive vendor ML strategy by benchmarking external models against a Coinbase-owned evaluation set, designing dynamic routing logic across providers and geographies, and building the in-house evaluation layer that catches regressions before they reach users.
  • Lead and mentor senior and mid-level engineers in the pod while partnering with ML Platform and Risk ML teams to align cross-company ML system design.

Required Skills and Experience:
  • 8+ years deploying production ML systems at scale, with proven technical leadership owning cross-team ML architecture from design through production.
  • Domain experience in identity verification, biometrics, or account integrity with deep applied ML in at least two of: computer vision/biometrics, GNNs, sequence models, or NLP/LLMs.
  • Expert-level Python with production experience in TensorFlow or PyTorch, including model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure.
  • Track record translating KYC/AML requirements and fraud trends into ML roadmaps and communicating trade-offs to Product, Compliance, Risk, and Security stakeholders.
  • 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.

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