Technical Lead, Machine Learning

The role

We're looking for a Technical Lead, Machine Learning to turn cutting-edge AI research into reliable production systems.

This isn't a research role. You'll own the infrastructure and execution layer that makes large language models trainable, deployable, observable and scalable in production.

You'll work across model fine-tuning, inference, evaluation, data pipelines and GPU infrastructure while partnering closely with product and backend engineers.

What you'll work on

• Design and scale production ML systems for LLM-based applications.
• Build training and evaluation pipelines for continuous model improvement.
• Fine-tune foundation models using modern adaptation techniques such as LoRA , QLoRA , SFT and DPO .
• Optimize inference performance, latency and GPU utilization.
• Develop high-quality training datasets and evaluation frameworks.
• Own deployment, monitoring and reliability of ML services in production.
• Help define engineering standards while mentoring a small, high-calibre ML team.

What we're looking for

• Experience building and shipping production ML systems used by real users.
• Strong Python and PyTorch (or JAX) experience.
• Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning and inference optimization.
• Deep understanding of ML infrastructure, distributed training or GPU-based systems.
• Strong engineering mindset with a focus on scalability, reliability and code quality.
• Comfortable taking ownership in a fast-moving startup environment.

Why join A1?

• Founding engineering role with significant technical ownership.
• Opportunity to influence product architecture from the ground up.
• Backed by $100M while operating with the speed of a startup.
• Small, high-talent engineering team focused on solving challenging AI infrastructure problems.
• Competitive cash compensation plus equity.
• Remote-first environment with long-term growth opportunities.