Founding ML/AI Engineer
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Founding ML/AI Engineer
San Francisco, on-site · Full-time · US Relocation assistance available
The build: As a founding ML/AI engineer, you'll own the intelligence layer of our recruiting marketplace — the recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, and LLM-powered matching that decide which candidate sees which role. This is the core of how the product works, and it's yours to build.
What you'll do
- Own the AI/ML intelligence layer end to end: recommendation, ranking, and retrieval.
- Build LLM-powered matching that measurably improves candidate-role alignment.
- Take features from problem to production yourself, shipping on a daily cadence.
- Architect and maintain the production data pipelines and services the models run on.
- Work directly with the founders to turn product goals into shipped systems.
What we're looking for
- 2–5 years shipping production software, with real applied ML depth. You've put models in front of users, not just in notebooks.
- Hands-on experience with recommender systems, ranking, or ML-powered matching — the thing we care about most.
- Strong in TypeScript or Python. Either is fine on its own.
- Production experience with LLM APIs.
- Strong CS fundamentals and a track record in fast, unstructured environments.
- Something outstanding on your profile: a top program, a strong GitHub, projects you're proud of.
- Nice to have: React, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, trigger.dev, embeddings and vector search.
How we work: In person in SF at our hacker house, 6 days a week. Intense cadence — better you know now than find out in week two. Relocation assistance available.
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