Founding Staff Engineer, ML Systems for Physics

Fainite AG; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Fainite AG in Zurich is seeking a Founding Member of Technical Staff to own problems end-to-end—from research ideas to reliable model deployment at scale. This senior role shapes the technical direction and spans ML systems, architecture, data, training infrastructure, and deployment.

You will lead model development, research evaluation, distributed training, data pipelines, and productionization, influencing the product from day one.

Qualifications

• Senior candidate with substantial track record shipping real ML systems.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and reliability mindset.
• Proficient in Python and PyTorch with distributed training experience.

Responsibilities

• Model development for physics-based tasks (3D mechanics, CFD).
• Research: survey literature and prototype ideas for production.
• Distributed training: optimize multi-node training and data pipelines.

Skills

Senior leadership

Raw talent

Software engineering

ML experience

Research ability

Domain knowledge

Job description

Fainite AG in Zurich is seeking a Founding Member of Technical Staff to own problems end-to-end—from research ideas to reliable model deployment at scale. This senior role shapes the technical direction and spans ML systems, architecture, data, training infrastructure, and deployment.

You will lead model development, research evaluation, distributed training, data pipelines, and productionization, influencing the product from day one.