Applied AI / ML Engineer

Catalyst Labs
San Francisco, CA
Category Engineering
Job Description
Catalyst Labs is a talent agency that partners with AI-first startups and established tech companies to find Applied AI / ML Engineers. The job requires 5+ years of experience building and scaling commercial machine learning systems, specifically with document understanding and extraction. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of building systems that create direct user value and a deep understanding of how to build, measure, and iterate on ML systems.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in machine learning / AI engineering
  • Strong track record of building systems that create direct user value
  • Demonstrated ability to work with large, complex datasets
  • Strong fundamental understanding of how to build, measure, and iterate on ML systems
  • Comfortable with Python and popular ML libraries (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn, spaCy, pytorch, tensorflow, keras)
  • Experience deploying or integrating LLMs, LLM APIs, Agents and prompt engineering into production systems
  • Strong Python proficiency and hands-on familiarity with ML infrastructure and data workflows
  • Experience in document understanding, OCR, or applied NLP
  • Exposure to financial or tax-related data environments
  • Startup or 01 product experience

Benefits

  • Above market base + bonus + equity
  • Visa sponsorship available for candidates with demonstrated brilliance and expertise
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