Role overview

Coinbase is seeking an Embedded Engineer for Compliance within the Office of the CTO. This is a founding engineer position focused on identifying and building AI-driven automation solutions across the Compliance organization, which manages regulatory obligations spanning transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory change management, and exam readiness across more than 60 global entities.

Key responsibilities

Work directly with Compliance leadership and frontline teams to identify high-value automation opportunities in workflows including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory change management, and exam preparation.
Develop and rapidly prototype solutions using Coinbase’s existing AI platform, defaulting to the company’s infrastructure before recommending building new systems.
Own the Compliance automation roadmap in collaboration with the Chief Compliance Officer, translating complex regulatory workflows into clear engineering requirements and communicating engineering constraints back to stakeholders.
Define and execute the build-versus-buy strategy for Compliance tools, determining what should be built internally, adopted from partner teams, procured from external vendors, or discontinued.
Design automated compliance outputs with auditability, approval gates, evidence retention, and human-in-the-loop controls as core design principles to ensure all outputs remain traceable, reviewable, and defensible to regulators.
Drive adoption of new tools through education sessions, prototype demonstrations, and feedback loops that engage Compliance teams throughout the implementation journey.

Requirements

At least five years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems in complex, stakeholder-heavy environments, with greenfield project experience strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience deploying large language model applications, including practical knowledge of prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, hallucination safeguards, and human-in-the-loop design for high-stakes compliance use cases.
Demonstrated ability to partner with non-technical domain experts, quickly understand intricate workflows, and translate those workflows into engineering requirements.
Familiarity with compliance and regulatory system concepts such as transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, regulatory filing workflows, case management, and audit-ready data handling.
Understanding of multi-agent orchestration concepts, including how agent systems manage handoffs, escalation paths, and auditability.
Prior experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or an embedded technical advisory role, ideally within compliance technology, RegTech, or financial services.
Ability to use generative AI responsibly while maintaining human oversight to ensure business-ready outputs and measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

What makes this role worth considering

Coinbase operates as a remote-first organization with quarterly in-person working sessions. This role places you at the intersection of compliance expertise and emerging AI technology, requiring you to bridge communication between domain specialists and engineering teams while directly shaping how automation transforms regulatory operations at scale.