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Founding ML Engineer

accelos

SF Bay AreaOn-site11mo ago

About the role

Who we are


Founders

Mission

Logistics

Values

  • Agency over consensus: We take initiative and accountability and deliver end-to-end.
  • Live in the future: We push our boundaries to reimagine and practice how engineering will be done in 2030.
  • Improvement over perfection: We treat everything — code, process, ourselves — as a work in progress.
  • Toolmakers, not gatekeepers: We empower builders, not constrain them.

Who You Are

What You'll Do

  • Explore novel & implement latest research in retrieval, search, reasoning and tool calling to orchestrate agents
  • Define and run RL experiments to leverage large swathes of organizational context trapped across tools like github, docs, ci/cd tools
  • Shape the strategy: Work in a tight loop with founders and early customers to prove out technical feasibility and consistency

Requirements

  • Master's/ PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in a research org with pytorch/tensorflow and transformer models
  • Familiar with methods of training and fine-tuning LLMs, such as distillation, SFT, RL and policy optimization
  • Energized by the open questions and whitespace that exists in the early days of building a product and company
  • Proven ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Leverage Cursor, Claude Code, Coderabbit, Warp etc to build

We'd Love to See

  • Experience shipping models for search relevance, ads ranking, recommendation systems or computer vision.
  • Prior experience building or applying models for coding.
  • Open Source contributions or github projects that demonstrate your passion and skill.

What We Offer

  • Up to $250k in cash and 1% in equity.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Stipend for using AI tools of your choice.
  • The opportunity to define a company's culture, product, and future from day one.

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Perks & benefits

  • Vision Insurance
  • Equity Compensation

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