Founding Machine Learning Engineer

About Us

We’re a stealth startup on a mission to redefine how people interact with AI in their daily lives. Our consumer-facing platform leverages cutting-edge machine learning to deliver deeply personalized, real-time experiences.

As a founding ML engineer, you’ll join a small, high-caliber team where your contributions will directly shape our product and technology stack. This is a fast-paced, builder-centric environment ideal for someone who thrives on ownership, rapid iteration, and solving hard problems at the frontier of AI.

What You’ll Do:

- Design, build, and deploy ML models that power our core user experience—particularly in areas like personalization, recommendation, and conversational AI
- Develop scalable data pipelines and training workflows for large-scale model development

- Fine-tune and optimize foundation models using techniques like LoRA, adapters, quantization, and distillation

- Collaborate cross-functionality with product and engineering to rapidly prototype and iterate on ML-driven features

- Own the full ML lifecycle—from research and experimentation to deployment and monitoring in full production
- Stay current with the latest ML research and apply it pragmatically to improve product performance and user experience

What We’re Looking For:

- 3+ years of experience building and deploying ML models in production environments

- Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as Pytorch or Tensorflow

- Experience with LLMs and NLP techniques; familiarity with personalization and recommendation systems is a plus
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Bonus Points:

- Experience in a startup environment, especially as an early or founding team member

- Contributes to open-source ML projects or strong personal portfolio
- Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools for model monitoring and deployment

- Publications or presentations in ML conferences or journals

Why Join Us:

- Be a core contributor to a product that aims to impact millions of users

- Work alongside a team of passionate, experienced professionals in a collaborative environment
- Enjoy the flexibility of a remote-first workplace
- Receive a competitive salary and meaningful equity stake in the company

- Opportunity to grow into a leadership role as the company scales

How to Apply

Fill out our application form on Ashby, or send your resume and a brief cover letter directly to us at [email protected].