# Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity) Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-engineer-platform-identity-coinbase-40589149 Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity) at Coinbase, based in USA - Remote. Experience level: 8+ Years. Pay stated in the posting: $218,025 to $256,500. Posted on 10 June 2026, read from Coinbase's own careers page (Greenhouse), which RealAnalystJobs re-checks daily and removes the role when it closes. Coinbase has approved H-1B petitions on USCIS record (employer-wide, not a promise for this role). Updated 15 November 2026. ## Key facts - Company: [Coinbase](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/coinbase) - Location: USA - Remote - Pay stated in the posting: $218,025 to $256,500 - Posted: Jun 10, 2026 - Employment type: Full time - Experience level: 8+ Years - Source: Coinbase's careers page (Greenhouse), re-checked daily Skills: [Python](https://realanalystjobs.com/skills/python) ## Visa sponsorship The posting does not say. Coinbase had H-1B petitions approved for 112 workers in fiscal year 2026 (USCIS). That is history, not a promise for this role. [See the record](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/coinbase#h1b-record) ## About this role 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 . 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. • 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. • US Applicants: View Employee Rights , Know Your Rights , and E-Verify Notice of Participation. • Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. 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