Founding Machine Learning Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Founding Machine Learning Engineer (AI): Designing and building novel knowledge graph algorithms and GenAI applications for financial firms with an accent on enterprise-scale data retrieval, autonomous agents, and AI-native system reliability. Focus on solving frontier problems at the intersection of large-scale search and AGI capabilities for private equity and banking sectors.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco (4 days per week on-site)

Salary: $175,000 – $300,000

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed startup building an AI-powered enterprise associate for private equity, hedge funds, and banks.

What you will do

• Develop and scale novel knowledge graph algorithms to power search and retrieval across unstructured and structured financial data.
• Push the frontier of Generative AI applications to deliver human-level performance for enterprise financial use cases.
• Collaborate directly with AI labs and financial firms to design reliable, AI-native systems.
• Shape the product vision, engineering culture, and technical strategy from the ground up.

Requirements

• 3–8 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Must be able to work on-site in San Francisco 4 days a week.
• Proven track record of extraordinary technical achievement.
• Ability to own and drive complex engineering challenges in a founding-stage environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Deep background in search and retrieval systems.
• Prior experience working within the financial services industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful equity participation (0.5%+).
• Competitive salary range of $175K–$300K.
• Work alongside a high-talent density team with experience from top-tier firms like Glean and Bain.
• Direct impact on product development and company culture from inception.