Founding Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Description For Founding Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Zaimler is an innovative startup backed by top VC funds, focused on revolutionizing enterprise data preparation for AI applications. They're seeking a Founding Lead Machine Learning Engineer to spearhead their AI-driven knowledge discovery systems development. This role combines technical leadership with strategic vision, requiring expertise in NLP, LLMs, and information retrieval systems.
The position offers a unique opportunity to shape both the technical foundation and strategic direction of the company's ML efforts. As a founding team member, you'll work directly with the founders to build cutting-edge AI systems, focusing on knowledge extraction, natural language understanding, and information retrieval. The role demands someone who can balance rapid development with long-term scalability while building and leading a team of ML engineers.
The company offers a collaborative environment in their San Mateo office, with flexible hours and a strong focus on in-person collaboration. They provide competitive compensation, equity, and full benefits. Their mission to democratize data discovery and curation for the AI era presents an exciting challenge for someone passionate about solving complex technical problems at scale.
The ideal candidate will bring 8+ years of relevant experience, deep expertise in ML/NLP, and a proven track record of leading teams and delivering production-ready AI systems. This is an exceptional opportunity for a technical leader who wants to make a significant impact in the enterprise AI space while building and mentoring a world-class team.
Responsibilities For Founding Lead Machine Learning Engineer
- Design and build state-of-the-art NLP and information retrieval systems
- Drive technical strategy for integrating, fine-tuning, and optimizing LLMs
- Build and maintain high-performance data pipelines
- Develop methods to build and evaluate AI Data Graphs
- Lead and mentor a team of ML engineers and researchers
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI models with business objectives
Requirements For Founding Lead Machine Learning Engineer
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering with focus on Machine Learning, NLP, and Information Retrieval
- Deep expertise in Natural Language Understanding, Knowledge Extraction, and Unsupervised Learning
- Experience in LLM fine-tuning, parameter-efficient tuning methods, and retrieval-augmented generation
- Strong background in search and ranking systems
- Hands-on experience with transformer architectures
- Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
- Experience designing scalable ML pipelines
- Strong understanding of evaluation metrics for LLMs
- Prior experience leading teams and driving AI research
Benefits For Founding Lead Machine Learning Engineer
- Full benefits package
- Competitive compensation
- Equity
- Flexible hours
- Collaborative workspace
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