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Founding Machine Learning Engineer

Software company

  • LocationSan Francisco, California
  • TypeFull-time
  • Posted21 October 2026

The role, as published

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of a brand-new product and the infrastructure behind it, building AI-powered systems that run reliably in production. Partner directly with customers and help set engineering standards, team culture and the technical direction.

What you'll do

  • Design an AI agent layer with built-in review and validation steps before outputs reach people or other systems.
  • Build secure connectors and a runtime that can interpret complex enterprise software environments.
  • Create developer-facing tooling and a code analysis capability for modernizing older codebases.
  • Set up low-latency model serving with detailed monitoring of usage and performance.
  • Take language-model pipelines, information retrieval and light model tuning from prototype to production where they add clear value.
  • Collaborate directly with customers on high-impact projects.
  • Help shape the engineering bar, team culture and product roadmap.

What we're looking for

  • Experience working on enterprise or B2B AI products.
  • Foundational machine learning experience, whether from research, school internships or full-time work.
  • A track record of shipping production code in a shared team codebase.
  • Experience with large language models and AI platforms, including building agent frameworks and evaluating models or agents.
  • Hands-on experience coordinating multi-step AI agent systems and retrieval-based approaches.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or machine learning from a top-tier university.
  • Regular use of AI tools in daily work, with practical views on how they can improve engineering and operations.
  • Strong ownership, clear communication and comfort deciding with incomplete information.
  • Ability to move quickly and carefully, and willingness to pick up new technologies.

Bonus points

  • Software engineering experience at high-growth technology companies or startups.
  • Published machine learning research.
  • Familiarity with an agent orchestration framework.
  • 2 to 4 years of experience is the ideal range.

Location and work model

  • San Francisco, CA, United States
  • On-site, 5 days per week in office
  • Full-time

Compensation, as the posting describes it

  • Equity

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