We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We are hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to revolutionize how we optimize our operations using ML and GenAI. This is a unique opportunity to apply the latest advances in ML and GenAI to real-world problems that directly impact millions of users and the future of digital finance.

Our AI teams are dedicated to building intelligent systems that protect our platform while ensuring a seamless experience for legitimate users. We are transforming traditional tasks such as manual document review and risk assessment into an automated, scalable system powered by state-of-the-art machine learning.

Design and implement multi-modal ML models that can understand and extract information from various document types (IDs, proof of address, etc.)

Fine tune LLMs for automated document processing and risk assessment.

Design model for ascertaining user onboarding risk and triggering Know-Your-Customer and Enhance Due Diligence models.

Create real-time ML pipelines that can detect and prevent risks before they materialize

Work with experts to translate their domain knowledge into ML features and models

Build explainable ML systems that can justify their risk assessments

8+ years of industry experience in Machine Learning (or PhD+5)

MS in Machine Learning, Computer Science, other technical field (PhD preferred)

Strong developer experience with ability to leverage auto-code generation techniques for ML and scalable distributed applications.

Strong knowledge in up-to-date ML techniques (DNNs, transformers, LLMs, classification)





Experience building and deploying production ML systems at scale.

Ability to balance ML model complexity with production requirements

Background in fraud detection or risk modeling

Familiarity with regulatory requirements in financial services

Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

217,900 CAD Coinbase is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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📌 Staff Machine Learning Engineer - (Platform) (Montreal)
🏢 Coinbase
📍 Montreal