Staff ML Risk Analyst

Coinbase

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Oakland, CA
Salary
$193,970–$228,200 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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Similar $204k
This role $211k
$153k most similar roles pay here $256k

This role pays more than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $162,812–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $211k versus about $204k for comparable roles.

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About Coinbase

Coinbase Global is a publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange platform where consumers can buy, sell, and store digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. Industry: Cryptocurrency Exchange & Financial Technology

Coinbase currently has 59 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $193,970–$228,200 across 53 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff ML Risk Analyst

As a Staff Machine Learning Analytics professional on the Growth & Risk team at Coinbase, you will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing machine learning solutions to combat sophisticated fraud. Your responsibilities include setting the data and feature strategy for fraud detection, owning the end-to-end feature engineering pipeline, diagnosing infrastructure gaps, and partnering with engineers to translate insights into production systems. You will also mentor junior team members and collaborate cross-functionally to drive business decisions based on ML findings. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience in machine learning analytics, particularly in risk or payments domains, with deep expertise in Spark, Python, and big data ML. Familiarity with modern feature stores like Tecton is a plus, as is an understanding of the evolution of the ML industry to inform architectural decisions. This role demands a high-precision approach to fraud detection, optimizing for sensitivity and accuracy on critical traffic.

What you'll do

  • Define ML data and feature strategy for fraud detection to ensure high accuracy.
  • Own the end-to-end feature engineering pipeline to improve ATO and scam model performance.
  • Diagnose infrastructure gaps and drive roadmap to close them with industry knowledge.
  • Translate analytical insights into production-ready ML systems, ensuring continuous improvement.
  • Set technical direction for ML Analytics function and mentor junior team members.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in machine learning analytics or data science applied to risk, fraud, or payments.
  • Deep expertise in Spark, Python, and big data ML with proven feature engineering skills for ML models at scale.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the ML industry over the past decade, including modern tooling like Tecton.
  • Ability to set technical direction and mentor junior team members on ML analytics within a risk or fraud context.
  • Experience in diagnosing gaps between current infrastructure and needed solutions, driving roadmap improvements for automated fraud detection.
  • Passionate about fighting fraud and abuse with a high-precision approach focused on sensitivity and accuracy.

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