Applied AI / ML Engineer

Catalyst Labs
San Francisco, CT
Job Description
Catalyst Labs is a talent agency specializing in Applied AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science. We are partnering with a San Francisco-based startup building a GenAI-native platform for tax document processing, automating complex tasks in finance and Tax.

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, optimizing for accuracy, scalability, and reliability
  • 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)
  • Cloud providers such as GCP/AWS, container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Web application development including Python-based web servers (e.g. Flask, Django)
  • Database and storage layers (e.g. Postgres, SQL, S3/GCS)
  • 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
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