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Founding Machine Learning Engineer

Clera · Mountain View, United States

Data Science / AI / Machine LearningExternal listingfull-timeabout 2 hours ago

About The Role

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a founding-level ML engineering role at an early-stage AI data and services company, building core machine learning systems from the ground up alongside a small, high-ownership team. You'll bridge research and engineering to design, train, and ship production-grade models that directly serve frontier AI labs — and you'll help shape the technical culture and infrastructure from day one.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Build and optimize end-to-end ML pipelines, from data ingestion through to deployment.
  • Implement and fine-tune LLMs, embeddings, and generative models for real-world applications.
  • Develop efficient training and inference systems leveraging distributed compute.
  • Partner with data and product teams to translate ideas into measurable ML impact.
  • Contribute to model monitoring, evaluation, and continual learning frameworks.
  • Establish best practices in model versioning, reproducibility, and scalability.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • 3–10 years of experience as an ML Engineer, Applied Scientist, or Research Engineer.
  • Proficiency in Python and at least one major ML framework: PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
  • Strong grasp of ML fundamentals — data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, and optimization.
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems and cloud ML infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Familiarity with MLOps tooling such as Weights & Biases or MLflow.
  • Comfort working with large datasets and high-throughput systems.
  • A bias for action, ability to work autonomously, and genuine enthusiasm for building from scratch.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary of $220,000 – $300,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

LOCATION

On-site in Mountain View, California, United States.

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