Founding AI/ML Engineer
clera · San Francisco ·
- Work mode
- Onsite
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- ML ai
- Visa sponsorship
- Yes
- Salary
- USD 130,000 – 170,000 / year
clera · San Francisco ·
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arcadeai · San Francisco, CA
Founding AI/ML engineer at Clera, an AI-powered recruiting marketplace, owning the intelligence layer end to end: recommendation, ranking, and retrieval systems for candidate-role matching, LLM-powered features, and the data pipelines and backend services that support production models. Core stack includes Python/TypeScript, ML frameworks, and LLM APIs.
Build the intelligence layer for an AI-powered recruiting marketplace, including the systems that match candidates with relevant roles. You will own recommendation, ranking, and retrieval capabilities from early design through production.
Design and build recommendation, ranking, and retrieval systems for candidate-role matching.
Develop LLM-powered features and improve matching quality using measurable outcomes.
Take product features from problem definition to production, shipping at a rapid cadence.
Build and maintain the data pipelines and backend services that support production models.
Work with company leadership to translate product goals into working systems.
Two to five years of experience building and shipping end-to-end software features in production.
Production experience with recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, or ML-powered matching.
Experience shipping ML models or ML-powered products to users, with hands-on work in PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent frameworks.
Proficiency in TypeScript or Python and experience building production features with LLM APIs.
Experience maintaining production data pipelines and services, ideally in a fast-moving startup environment.
Strong computer science fundamentals; React, embeddings, vector search, Supabase, Prisma, Typesense, or workflow automation tools are helpful.
Salary is $130,000 to $170,000 annually, plus competitive founding-hire equity. Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
On-site in San Francisco, California. The role works in person six days per week.
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