Founding Machine Learning Engineer
Job Description
Why Finch?
At Finch, we're pioneering AI to fundamentally reshape the legal industry—building tools that deliver justice faster, smarter, and more equitably.
Join our tight-knit, ambitious team, where you’ll have the autonomy to make meaningful impact through close collaboration with technologists and legal experts. Your work will define the intersection of cutting-edge ML and critical human decisions, influencing how legal work evolves at scale.
What You’ll Do
Own the AI Quality Pipeline
Measure model performance, establish robust evaluation processes, and drive continuous model improvement.
Prioritize work based on ROI and measurable outcomes to ensure we tackle the highest-impact opportunities.
Collaborate Closely with Users
Partner directly with legal experts, operators, and engineers to deeply understand workflows.
Rapidly transform complex processes into intuitive, performant automations.
What You Bring
Proven AI/ML chops: You’ve shipped language or vision systems (or complex prompt chains) to production and iterated fast.
Data rigor: Clear metrics, clean experiments, transparent communication.
Product intuition: You can explain why a 3-point accuracy bump matters—or when it doesn’t.
Ownership mindset: Ambiguity energizes you; you break big bets into shippable milestones and deliver.
Growth mindset: You're always learning, comfortable exploring unfamiliar territory, and eager to expand your skill set and bring learnings back to the team.
Bonus: Experience with legal tech, voice agents, or OCR pipelines.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $170k – $230k (DOE)
Equity: Above-market - own a meaningful slice of the upside
Insurance: Health, vision, and dental coverage
Tooling stipend: $500/mo to explore & exploit the latest tools
Flexible PTO: We trust you to recharge
Office perks: Fully stocked kitchen & snacks
Apply Now, or if you’re interested in learning more reach out to [email protected].
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