Founding AI Engineer

Edexia is seeking a Founding AI Engineer to join their mission of fixing education through advanced AI technology. As one of the first technical hires, you'll be instrumental in building an AI Teacher Assistant system for grading essays and transforming educational assessment.

The role combines cutting-edge AI development with a meaningful impact on education. You'll work on fascinating technical challenges including human-AI alignment, natural language processing, and multi-agent systems. The core technical work involves building robust systems for interpreting educational rubrics and accurately evaluating student work across multiple formats and subjects.

This is an intense, mission-driven role for someone who wants to be part of a small, elite founding team. The company culture emphasizes extreme dedication and optimization - working 7 days a week (though not always at a computer) and thinking about the problems constantly. They're looking for someone who can become truly obsessed with fixing education and is excited about living and working with the team in a shared company house.

The technical challenges are significant and varied. You'll work on:

• Building rubric interpretation systems that can handle vague educational terminology
• Developing real-time AI training coaches
• Creating multi-agent workflows for complex assessment tasks
• Implementing OCR and computer vision systems for various content formats
• Optimizing individual AI components through evaluation, prompting, and fine-tuning

The ideal candidate combines strong technical capabilities with an intense drive and alignment with the company's educational mission. You should be comfortable with both solving complex technical problems and dealing with the sometimes mundane challenges of building real-world systems.

The company offers significant equity (1-3%) and emphasizes long-term impact over immediate personal gain. While the work schedule is intense, it's focused on continuous optimization and includes activities like team hikes for big picture discussions.

The interview process includes multiple rounds with both technical and cultural evaluation, culminating in a paid 1-week trial period working with the team in person. This is an opportunity to be part of what aims to be a trillion-dollar company with ≤30 people, using AI to fundamentally transform education.

Note that this role requires extreme dedication and is not suitable for those seeking traditional work-life balance, at least in the first 2-5 years. The team is looking for individuals who can match their level of obsession with the mission and are willing to optimize every aspect of their lives around it.