True Talent Solutions Partners

Founding Engineer, Applied AI

San Francisco
Salary
$180,000 - $250,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 29 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage AI company building automation for hardware engineering in complex manufacturing environments. As a founding technical team member, you will shape core product systems and work closely with customers to bring reliable AI workflows into production.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build core workflows and infrastructure for AI agents supporting hardware engineering, including context management, indexing, and post-training systems.
  • Develop AI agents and machine learning models that interpret and work with complex engineering design data in enterprise toolchains.
  • Partner with customers and engineers to deliver reliable, intuitive workflows for production use.
  • Prototype ideas, validate them with users, and ship improvements from concept through deployment.
  • Help shape early engineering practices, system architecture, and the product roadmap.

What We're Looking For

  • Two to six years of experience in applied machine learning, backend engineering, or AI infrastructure, or exceptional new graduates with strong fundamentals.
  • Strong familiarity with LLM architectures and current agent research.
  • Experience building production machine learning or AI systems, including search and information retrieval.
  • Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with PyTorch, Hugging Face, and Weights & Biases.
  • A bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, machine learning, or an equivalent background.
  • Experience with geometric data or CAD systems is a plus.
  • A practical builder mindset and care for customer experience.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $180,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Hugging Face · PyTorch

Rare in True Talent Solutions Partners's other 126 open postings.

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 125 open in Client Roles. 125 were posted in the last 30 days, including 5 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (72 of 125), TypeScript (47 of 125), LLM (43 of 125), React (38 of 125), Machine Learning (34 of 125), AWS (26 of 125), JavaScript (25 of 125)

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