Sr. ML Engineer at Stealth AI Startup

About the company:

We're on a mission to ensure the products you use daily are safe and work like they're supposed to. Our team uses the latest AI technology to lead the charge in the fourth industrial revolution, ensuring that the people who check the safety and quality of products have the best tools at their fingertips. We believe that when manufacturing thrives, the economy does too and it's our job as tech experts to help make that happen. 

Right now, we're a young company, which means we're still figuring some things out and taking some risks. But we're working hard to put together the perfect team and culture to tackle big challenges. We're all about getting things done, doing things right, and not just talking a big game. We're committed to using AI to make a real difference, and we'll always stick to our principles, no matter what. 

If you're ready to be part of something big and to help build a future where technology makes life better for everyone, we want you on our team. Let's create something amazing together.

About the role:

We are seeking an innovative and driven Data Engineer to join our ambitious AI startup at a pivotal pre-seed stage. As one of the first key hires, you will play an integral role in shaping the technological vision and direction of our company. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of AI innovation, where your contributions will directly impact our growth, culture, and success.

We are building enterprise software that processes and augments our customers' proprietary know-how. Safety, trade secrets, and operational efficiencies are all impacted by the outcome of the systems you’ll build. This pressure and accountability excite you and bring the best out of you. Commercial applicability and solving concrete business problems for our customers with the right AI-powered solutions are the core of the gig.

There is a lot of ambiguity and unknowns ahead. As part of this collaboration, the expectation is that you will play an integral role in derisking the operation and help deliver the right solutions to the most concrete problems our customers are wrestling with. If this call for adventure piques your interest, if you have an appetite to test every hypothesis within the context of commercial validation, and if you want to contribute to the current and the next industrial revolution directly—let’s talk.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate closely with the CTO and the founding team to define the company's technological vision and strategy.
  • Impact early-stage technical decisions that will shape the platform & its infrastructure.
  • Stay abreast of advancements in AI, machine learning, and hardware technologies, steering the company towards strategic technological advantages.
  • Guide our web application's development to be scalable, secure, and user-focused
  • Work with the latest technologies to design, code, debug, and deploy LLM applications.
  • Lead the development of a comprehensive data ecosystem that facilitates seamless data collection, storage, processing, and analysis, enabling a unified, data-driven approach.

What we’re looking for:

  • 5+ experience in enterprise software engineering
  • Proficient in programming languages used in data engineering, such as Python.
  • Experience fine-tuning, evaluating or customizing open source generative AI models.
  • Experience with relational SQL, NoSQL, and vector databases.
  • Knowledge and experience in cloud software and architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, Terraform), including deploying and managing machine-learning solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills, with an emphasis on learning, understanding, and conveying feedback from customers.
  • Strong self-management skills: proactively asks for help, communicates about project status, solves problems independently
  • Creative mindset with a passion for innovation and curiosity to explore new approaches to old problems.

Why you’ll love working with us:

Our founders have strong reputations as thoughtful, forward-thinking colleagues and mentors who cultivate talent. We’ll think intentionally and collaboratively about your career and how we build our team. Our founders’ experiences in workforce development and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our approach. 

  • Impact — Our platform will accelerate the pace of scientific discovery and therapy development to advance human health. The opportunity to build something from the ground up, define a new product, and lead a team over time in a space that has a real, positive impact. 
  • Early employee impact —. As a member of the very early team, you will play a pivotal role in helping shape our product, team, and culture. For the rest of our days, no matter how many thousands of people join after you, you will always have that honor and distinction. It looks great on a resume, too.
  • Early stage equity — A benefit of joining early. None of us (not our founders, nor the Allen Institute for AI Incubator) would be here if we didn’t think that our company will create tremendous value over time. 
  • Access to unique learning opportunities — With the Allen Institute for AI Incubator as a cofounder, our team gets access to talks by leading AI researchers/paper authors, access to knowledge sharing amongst the community of hundreds of engineers that work for ai2incubator.com companies, and much more.
  • Salary — We are a pre-seed startup and salaries will be modest, and comparative to other pre-seed startups, until we raise. You can expect salary raises that bring you closer to market as we raise money and grow. Plus, you’ll have the energy and excitement of a startup and the unique benefits and learning opportunities of taking an early risk. 
  • Flexible location and hours – We are whole people with whole lives and expect that you are, too. We’ll trust each other to make progress as a team, in times and places that work for everyone. Preference for Seattle area. Travel to Seattle will be required from time to time – it’s a beautiful city!
  • Visa support - We can provide visa support.

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