Founding ML Engineer – Senior
AZX
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $140,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonPyTorchTensorflowTerraform
About the role
- Turn ambiguous client problems into shipping code.
- Drive projects from discovery to deployment
- Collaborate with client and internal project teams
- Design and write clean, scalable code at appropriate quality standards (sometimes “right”, and sometimes “right now”).
- Design, integrate, and productionize ML solutions including predictive models, GenAI systems, physics-informed ML, and digital twins.
- Collaborate with domain experts in energy, real estate, and climate to translate business needs into ML solutions
- Advocate for engineering best practices and positive dev culture
Requirements
- 5+ years building and deploying ML systems in production environments
- Expert-level Python and experience with PyTorch / TensorFlow
- Deep expertise in at least one domain: NLP, Computer Vision, Time-Series, or Reinforcement Learning
- Generative AI and LLM-related capabilities (e.g., prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, LangChain, model evaluation tooling)
- MLOps and infrastructure automation (e.g., CI/CD for ML, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, MLflow, Kubeflow)
- Strong engineering fundamentals: system design, scalability, testing, and monitoring
- Track record of translating ambiguous business problems into production ML solutions
- Experience with cloud ML platforms (AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI, or Azure ML)
- Champion for quality (model validation, reproducibility, monitoring, bias/variance checks)
Benefits
- Competitive early-stage startup compensation (based on capabilities, experience, and location)
- Bonus eligibility
- Health insurance with meaningful coverage for dependents
- Flexible paid time off
- Equity
- Fully remote culture with a cluster of teammates in Seattle
- Training and learning opportunities
- Be part of a fast-growing, profitable, mission-driven company with industry-leading clients tackling the massive opportunity of AI transformation in critical industries.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonPyTorchTensorFlowNLPComputer VisionTime-SeriesReinforcement LearningGenerative AIMLOpssystem design
Soft skills
collaborationproblem-solvingadvocacyengineering best practicescommunication