Founding Machine Learning Engineer at Clera — Remote
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About the Role
A Series A AI/ML startup focused on model training and evaluation is looking for a Founding ML Engineer to build and scale core machine learning systems from the ground up. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of research intuition and engineering execution. You will work closely with the founding team to design, train, and ship production-grade ML models while helping set the foundation for technical culture, infrastructure, and research practices.
What You'll Do
- Build and optimize end-to-end ML pipelines, from data ingestion to deployment.
- Implement and fine-tune LLMs, embeddings, and generative models for real-world applications.
- Develop efficient training and inference systems leveraging distributed compute.
- Partner with data and product teams to translate ideas into measurable ML impact.
- Contribute to model monitoring, evaluation, and continual learning frameworks.
- Establish best practices in model versioning, reproducibility, and scalability.
What We're Looking For
- 3–10 years of hands-on experience as an ML Engineer, Applied Scientist, or Research Engineer.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one of PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
- Experience building production-grade end-to-end ML pipelines (data ingestion, training, deployment).
- Experience implementing and fine-tuning LLMs, embeddings, and generative models for real-world applications.
- Hands-on experience with distributed training/inference and scalable ML systems.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and ML tooling (MLflow, Weights & Biases) for experimentation and model tracking.
- Strong collaboration skills; ability to work cross-functionally with data and product teams.
- Bias for action, autonomy, and eagerness to shape something from scratch.
Location
This role is on-site in Mountain View, California. Authorization to work in the US without visa sponsorship is required.
Compensation
$220,000 – $300,000 USD annually, commensurate with experience.
Required skills
- python
- google cloud platform
- pytorch
- machine learning
- amazon web services
- tensorflow
- large language model
- artificial intelligence
- microsoft azure
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Questions about this Founding Machine Learning Engineer role
- Is the Founding Machine Learning Engineer role at Clera still open?
- Yes — this posting is active and accepting applications through 2026-08-09. Listings can close once filled, so apply soon.
- Where is the Founding Machine Learning Engineer job at Clera located?
- This is a remote role — work from anywhere in the US.
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