Founding ML Engineer — Build AI-Driven Document Automation

Praxis, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

Daily lunches

In-office barista

Descripción de la vacante

Abacus is hiring its first Founding Engineer to own and expand the core machine learning engine behind Abacus. You’ll report directly to the co-founders and work in person from our SF office, with massive autonomy and influence over product and technical direction.

In your first 3–6 months, you’ll scale the ML extraction engine using LLMs and OCR, own backend architecture, and ship greenfield features to expand automated workflows for tax firms. This is a rare growth opportunity.

Formación

• 1–5 years of backend software experience, ideally in high-ownership or early-stage environments.
• Strong backend development skills, particularly in Python.
• Proven 0→1 builder (side projects, startup experience, or both).
• Willingness to work from our SF office, 5 days/week.
• Willingness to complete a technical take-home exercise as part of the process.

Responsabilidades

• Lead development of our ML-powered document extraction engine.
• Architect backend systems with performance and scalability in mind.
• Build and deploy new automation features for tax firms.
• Collaborate closely with the founders on product and user needs.
• Help define our engineering culture and technical roadmap.

Conocimientos

Python

Backend development

0→1 builder

Herramientas

LLMs

OCR

Data extraction systems

Descripción del empleo

Abacus is hiring its first Founding Engineer to own and expand the core machine learning engine behind Abacus. You’ll report directly to the co-founders and work in person from our SF office, with massive autonomy and influence over product and technical direction.

In your first 3–6 months, you’ll scale the ML extraction engine using LLMs and OCR, own backend architecture, and ship greenfield features to expand automated workflows for tax firms. This is a rare growth opportunity.