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As a founding technical team member, you will shape core product systems and work closely with customers to bring reliable AI workflows into production.\r\nWHAT YOU'LL DODesign and build core workflows and infrastructure for AI agents supporting hardware engineering, including context management, indexing, and post-training systems.\r\nDevelop AI agents and machine learning models that interpret and work with complex engineering design data in enterprise toolchains.\r\nPartner with customers and engineers to deliver reliable, intuitive workflows for production use.\r\nPrototype ideas, validate them with users, and ship improvements from concept through deployment.\r\nHelp shape early engineering practices, system architecture, and the product roadmap.\r\nWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORTwo to six years of experience in applied machine learning, backend engineering, or AI infrastructure, or exceptional new graduates with strong fundamentals.\r\nStrong familiarity with LLM architectures and current agent research.\r\nExperience building production machine learning or AI systems, including search and information retrieval.\r\nStrong Python skills and hands-on experience with PyTorch, Hugging Face, and Weights & Biases.\r\nA bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, machine learning, or an equivalent background.\r\nExperience with geometric data or CAD systems is a plus.\r\nA practical builder mindset and care for customer experience.\r\nCOMPENSATION & BENEFITSBase salary: $180,000 to $250,000 annually. 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