Founding Machine Learning Engineer
mid$100K – $200K
via Ashby
About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
As the founding machine learning engineer at an early-stage AI agent systems startup, you will build the ML function from the ground up. You will shape post-training and agent systems, set technical priorities, and help grow the team.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Structure, filter, and score experimental trajectories for post-training data pipelines.
- Design and implement evaluations and benchmarks for model reasoning, planning, and experimental progress.
- Build reliable agent environments, tool interfaces, observability systems, and replay infrastructure.
- Establish validation and provenance tracking for trajectory and data quality.
- Set ML roadmap priorities across systems, experiments, and hiring, and lead the team's technical direction as it grows.…
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Skills match
For this role: python
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Level fit
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Domain experience
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