Senior Founding AI Engineer

Clera

$120K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of applied computer vision and machine learning experience.
  • Hands-on model development and deployment skills.
  • Proven ability to launch AI systems from concept to execution.
  • Familiarity with computer vision, LLM, and multimodal technologies.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Willingness to engage in practical engineering tasks within a small team.
  • Experience with multimodal data is beneficial.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement end-to-end AI systems focusing on intelligence layers.
  • Rapidly prototype models based on user feedback.
  • Deploy production-grade computer vision and multimodal solutions.
  • Collaborate with product and users to identify and solve high-impact problems.
  • Perform necessary engineering tasks such as data labeling and ETL.
  • Communicate project progress and tradeoffs effectively with the team.

Benefits

  • Engaging work environment within an early-stage startup.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies.
  • Collaboration with a small, dynamic team.
  • Hands-on involvement in practical engineering tasks.
  • Location in the Bay Area, a tech hub, enhancing career opportunities.
Full Job Description
About the Role

A founding senior AI engineer role focused on building the core intelligence layer for an early stage construction tech startup. You will work closely with product and users to prototype, deploy, and iterate state of the art computer vision and multimodal AI systems that handle real world, noisy construction documents.
What You'll Do
  • Design and implement end to end AI systems focusing on the intelligence layer including data pipelines, modeling, and inference.
  • Prototype models rapidly and iterate based on user feedback and production data.
  • Deploy production grade CV, LLM, and multimodal solutions that operate on heterogeneous inputs.
  • Collaborate with product and users to surface high impact problems and deliver practical AI solutions.
  • Handle pragmatic engineering work such as data labeling, ETL, and deployment tasks as needed.
  • Communicate progress and tradeoffs clearly with the team.
What We're Looking For
  • Applied computer vision and machine learning experience with hands on model development and production deployment.
  • Proven track record launching AI systems or core parts of a new product from 0 to 1.
  • Strong familiarity with CV, LLM and multimodal approaches and tooling.
  • Ability to iterate quickly and improve prototypes from user feedback and real data.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a growth mindset.
  • Willingness to do practical engineering work as part of a small team.
  • Location in or willingness to relocate to the Bay Area and US work authorization.
  • Experience shipping initial AI prototypes and building end to end AI systems focusing on the intelligence layer in production.
  • Experience with multimodal data including images, text, and documents is desirable.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: 120,000 to 180,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship not available at this time.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, United States

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