Location: Hybrid (3 days/week onsite in Waltham, MA or North Bethesda, MD)
Duration: 1 Year, Full-Time (with potential conversion to permanent FTE)
Compensation: Competitive salary + full benefits from the beginning
Application Window: July 9 - July 26
The PremiseCustom manufacturing is a $275B industry that still runs on phone calls, spreadsheets, and faxed drawings. Xometry is the marketplace turning quotes, supplier matching, and production into an AI-first software product.
The Machine Shop is our founding cohort of 5-8 elite builders. You won't be parked in a "learning track"-you will be deeply embedded in product and engineering pods shipping agentic workflows, ML quoting models, and vision-based quality tools to real aerospace, defense, and medical clients who measure success in microns.
Who We Are Looking For (Craft over Credentials)- The Public Shipper: Your side projects have more users than your last company's formal product documents.
- The Non-Traditionalist: You taught yourself with AI tools and have a body of real work that speaks for itself. No CS degree required.
- The Early-Career Accelerator: You have 1-3+ years of experience but are hitting bureaucratic bottlenecks. You want to ship to production every single week.
What We Expect- You've built and deployed something real with AI that you can demo end-to-end.
- Comfortable using AI-assisted coding tools to iterate at high velocity.
- Working knowledge of Python and/or modern scripting environments.
- U.S. work authorization without current or future sponsorship.
How to Apply (5 Steps, Zero Resumes)1.Submit Your Build: July 9 - July 26
Click the link below to view the application. Drop a 5-minute Loom video explaining something you made, a link to the GitHub repo, and a few sentences on what you learned. Skip the resume.
2.Review & Selection: July 27 - August 5
Every submission is reviewed directly by Xometry builders and AI leadership looking for taste and output. ~25 finalists advance.
3.Onsite Build Day: August 13
Come to Waltham, MA or North Bethesda, MD for a single day. Walk us through your project (Round 1) and build live on Xometry's AI stack under a clock (Round 2).
4.Offer the Next Day: August 14
If you're in, you will receive an offer within 24 hours of Build Day.
5.Cohort Starts: September 8
Sign, onboard, and begin shipping production code within three weeks of your offer.
Ready to skip the resume and apply?To read the full breakdown of what you'll be shipping (including Enterprise BOM auto-quoting and Vision AI), read our FAQs, and submit your Loom/Repo:
VIEW DETAILS & APPLY TO THE MACHINE SHOP: https://pages.xometry.com/aibuilderfellowship
The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $105,000-125,000 annually depending on factors such as job-related skills, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, including 401(k) match, medical, dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, floating and fixed holidays, maternity and bonding leave; EAP, other wellbeing resources; and much more.
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