Senior Analyst, Compliance Technology

Details

Coinbase is hiring an Analytics Engineer to join the Compliance Technology team within the Platform organization. The team builds and operates data and detection capabilities that enable Coinbase to meet global BSA/AML and related regulatory obligations at scale. The role partners with Compliance, Product, and Engineering to ensure monitoring and investigative controls are effective, measurable, and auditable.

You will build and own end-to-end data pipelines that power compliance detection and decision-making, improve signal quality, define control performance measurements, and create scalable tooling that makes compliance data easier to trust and use. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company, with quarterly in-person working sessions called “surges.”

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain curated datasets and data models, including case, alert, entity, transaction, and risk features, to power compliance controls across Transaction Monitoring, EDD/KYC, and Screening systems.
• Own data quality for compliance datasets by implementing validation checks, monitoring, lineage tracking, and documentation to ensure outputs are accurate, complete, and audit-ready.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams and Compliance stakeholders to close upstream data gaps, standardize instrumentation, and translate control requirements into scalable data structures and feature sets.
• Improve detection signal quality by analyzing detection outputs, identifying opportunities to reduce non-actionable noise while protecting sensitivity, and defining success metrics for controlled rollouts.
• Execute measurement frameworks for compliance control effectiveness, including coverage, timeliness, stability, and outcome-based metrics.
• Build repeatable reporting pipelines for Compliance leaders, operations teams, and auditors.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or data-heavy technical roles.
• Advanced SQL proficiency, including complex transformations, performance tuning, and data quality checks.
• Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and data models using tools such as dbt, Airflow, or equivalent orchestration and transformation frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to execute ambiguous, cross-functional projects in regulated environments.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Python skills applied to automation, pipeline development, and data analysis.
• Ability to use generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight while delivering business-ready outputs and improving workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Compensation

The annual base salary range, excluding equity and bonus, is $167,280–$196,800 USD. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, as well as medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.

Candidates may submit a maximum of three applications within a six-month period. Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.