Founding ML Researcher

United States·San Franciscofull-timemid

ResearcherRecruitment & Talent Acquisition

0 views0 saves0 applied

Apply Now

Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

research → experimentation → training → evaluation → production deployment Work with engineering team to transition research into deployed, scalable systems Drive best practices for data,

Technical Tools

ResearcherRecruitment & Talent Acquisition

We are hiring a Founding ML Researcher in San Francisco.

We are building a small, talent-dense team. This role will define the engineering archetype at Unsiloed AI and set the ceiling for the team. We strongly believe technical DNA compounds (or degrades) with every hire and hence the first few matter disproportionately. You will be expected to operate proactively, take full ownership, and independently drive systems from idea to production.

Responsibilities

~1 min read

As a Founding ML Researcher, you will shape the company’s ML research direction and translate research into production-ready document AI models.

→Own the end-to-end ML lifecycle: research → experimentation → training → evaluation → production deployment
→Work with engineering team to transition research into deployed, scalable systems
→Drive best practices for data, experimentation, evaluation, and model iteration.

This role is research-heavy but product-oriented. You should be comfortable moving between theory, experimentation, and real-world deployment.

You should have experience with most of the following:

Training and deploying state-of-the-art models for parsing and understanding unstructured data
Experimenting with novel techniques to improve layout models and VLM-based document understanding
Building data pipelines, evaluating model performance, and integrating models into production systems
Working directly with the founders to shape the product direction and engineering strategy

Nice to Have

~1 min read

PhD or equivalent research experience in VLM, Computer Vision or related areas.
Publications in top-tier AI conferences
Familiarity with model serving, inference optimization, or deployment at scale

Compensation: $200k – $300k

Equity: 0.1% – 1%

Location: In-person, San Francisco

Visa: Open to sponsoring

For any questions, email hiring [at] unsiloed [dot] ai

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job

San Francisco, United States

On-site at the office

Who can apply

About this job

Pay per year: $200,000–$300,000 a year; 25% above the $200,000 median for Researcher jobs on Jobera (167 salaries).
Who can apply: United States
Posted: 292 days ago
Employer: has 3 open jobs on Jobera.