{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"503cbb3240782d7f3432ecab","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/503cbb3240782d7f3432ecab","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/503cbb3240782d7f3432ecab","title":"Machine Learning Engineer","description":"About Coinflow\nCoinflow is a next-generation payments company headquartered in Chicago, pioneering the way money moves globally. We enable merchants and marketplaces to accept payment methods across 170+ countries with instant settlement, AI-driven fraud prevention, and blockchain-based proof-of-delivery.\nBacked by leading investors—including Pantera Capital, CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, and Reciprocal Ventures—Coinflow recently raised a $25M Series A to accelerate our mission to modernize cross-border payments.\nSince our seed round in 2024, we’ve achieved 23x revenue growth and scaled to a multi-billion-dollar annual transaction volume run rate!\nRole Overview:\nCoinflow is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to help build the intelligence layer that powers our platform.\nThis is a zero-to-one role. You will be the first dedicated ML hire and will own how data and machine learning are developed and applied across Coinflow. You’ll explore large-scale transaction and behavioral data, build models and analytical systems, define what success looks like, and embed intelligence directly into our products and internal tooling.\nThe ideal candidate is deeply curious, excited to experiment, and motivated by building something that does not yet exist.\nKey Responsibilities:\nBuild and evolve machine learning models and analytical systems that support platform decisioning and product intelligence\nEstablish the foundation for data and machine learning practices across the company\nDefine, own, and evolve core metrics across platform health, performance, and risk\nExplore transaction and behavioral data to uncover patterns, signals, and new insights\nPartner closely with Engineering, Product, and Operations to turn open-ended problems into real systems\nDesign how models and data systems are evaluated, improved, and trusted over time\nBuild internal workflows and tooling that support operational and product teams\nHelp shape Coinflow’s long-term data and machine learning roadmap\nRequired Qualifications:\n4+ years of experience in machine learning, applied data science, or production ML roles\nStrong foundation in machine learning, statistics, and analytical problem solving\nExperience building models or data-driven systems that operate in real products\nComfort working with ambiguous problems and creating structure where none exists\nStrong communication skills and experience collaborating cross-functionally\nHigh ownership mindset with genuine curiosity about messy, real-world data\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience building decisioning, optimization, fraud, risk, or other payments systems\nExperience in fintech, payments, or other financial services environments\nExperience as an early data/ML hire at a startup\nExperience working with high-volume behavioral or financial data\nWhat We Offer:\nCompetitive compensation including base salary, performance bonus, and meaningful ownership\nOpportunity to build the fraud and risk intelligence layer of a rapidly scaling fintech company\nCollaborative and innovative work environment with world-class investors\nDirect impact on core risk infrastructure and company trajectory during a hypergrowth phase\nJoin the team rewriting how money moves worldwide—and become a driving force in the $194 trillion cross-border payments market.","company":"Coinflow","rawCompany":"coinflow","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T18:13:40.988Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-2051.00","title":"Data Scientists","slug":"data-scientists"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"522320","title":"Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities","slug":"financial-transactions-processing-reserve-and-clearinghouse-activities"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Machine Learning Engineer","description":"About Coinflow\nCoinflow is a next-generation payments company headquartered in Chicago, pioneering the way money moves globally. 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