Machine Learning Engineer Intern

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

This is a 12-week internship during summer 2026. The Coinbase Machine Learning team is committed to developing sophisticated ML models that make our platform more secure, expand usage of Coinbase through personalized recommendations, and improve the user experience for our customers. Our mission is to keep building scalable, adaptive, blockchain-aware ML systems that help our users explore and discover new use cases for Crypto on Coinbase and on the blockchain.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on develop, deploy, and operate machine learning models and pipelines at scale.
• Drive a research project applying cutting-edge ML technology to solve real-world problems.
• Work with senior engineers and collaborate with product partners to identify and solve new use cases for ML on blockchain.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Ph.D. with research experience in machine learning.
• Solid software engineering skills.
• Experience with coding on ML platforms (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience with basic ML techniques (e.g., supervised and unsupervised learning).
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges.

Nice to haves

• Crypto-forward experience, including familiarity with on-chain activity such as interacting with Ethereum addresses, using ENS, and engaging with dApps or blockchain-based services.
• Interest in DNNs, GANs, GNNs and time series modeling.

Pay & Duration

• This is a 12-week internship (Summer 2026).
• Pay Range (as listed): $60 — $60 USD.
• Job #: GETR00ML26

Company & Work Culture

• While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, the company is not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually; attendance is expected and supported.
• Coinbase work culture is described as intense; candidates should be prepared to work with high-caliber colleagues and accept feedback to improve.

Benefits & Policies

• Full-time offers from Coinbase include bonus eligibility and benefits (medical, dental, vision and 401(k)) where applicable.
• Commitment to equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• Global data privacy notice for candidates applies; applicable laws (GDPR/CCPA) may regulate data handling.
• AI Disclosure: Coinbase pilots ML-based tools for initial screening interviews and interview intelligence transcription/summarization for select roles; humans will review interview responses and Coinbase will not use AI to make employment decisions.