Lead Engineer – AI

Bjak; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI firm in Petaling Jaya is seeking a Principal Builder for its AI systems. In this founding technical leadership role, you will design and implement end-to-end systems, optimize performance, and mentor engineers. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of engineering experience, a strong ML background, and proficiency in Python and another backend language. Join a small, elite team creating impactful consumer AI solutions in a high-performance culture.

Qualifications

• 6+ years engineering experience.
• Production experience with LLM/RAG systems.
• Strong hands-on ML background.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end AI systems.
• Build training, inference, and evaluation pipelines.
• Optimize latency, cost, and model quality.

Skills

Engineering experience

Hands-on ML background

Python

One backend language

Job description

A1 is a self-funded AI group, operating in full stealth. We’re building a new global consumer AI application where the intelligence layer is core to the product, not an add-on.

This is a founding technical leadership role. You will act as the principal builder of A1’s AI systems - writing production code, designing ML pipelines, and setting engineering standards while directly shaping how our AI works in the real world.

Why This Role Matters

• You define how AI systems are built at A1

• You connect data, models, evaluation, and product

• You raise the technical bar through direct contribution

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement end-to-end AI systems

• Build training, inference, and evaluation pipelines

• Write production orchestration and feedback code

• Optimize latency, cost, and model quality

• Review PRs and mentor engineers

Requirements

• 6+ years engineering experience

• Strong hands‑on ML background

• Production LLM / RAG experience

• Strong Python plus one backend language

Our Team & Culture

We operate as a dense, senior, high-performance team. We value clarity, speed, craftsmanship, and relentless ownership. We behave like founders — we build, ship, iterate, and hold ourselves to a high technical bar.

If you value excellence, enjoy building real systems, and want to be part of a small team creating something globally impactful, you’ll thrive here.

About A1

A1 is a self-funded, independent AI group, focused on building a new consumer AI product with global impact. We’re assembling a small, elite team of ML and engineering builders who want to work on meaningful, high-impact problems.