Founding ML Engineer — Equity & AI-Pioneering Work

Pear VC; Austin, California (TX, MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant equity

Top-tier health insurance

Daily lunches

In-office barista

Job summary

A high-growth AI startup in Austin is seeking a Founding Engineer to lead the development of their machine learning-powered document extraction engine. You'll work directly with the co-founders, owning backend architecture decisions and expanding core functionalities. The ideal candidate has strong backend skills, particularly in Python, and 1 to 5 years of experience in high-ownership environments. This role offers significant equity and potential for professional growth, with excellent benefits including top-tier health insurance and daily lunches.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of experience in high-ownership or early-stage environments.
• Strong backend development skills, particularly in Python.
• Willingness to work from our SF office, 5 days/week.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Backend development skills

Experience in high-ownership environments

Proven 0→1 builder

Experience with Python

Tools

LLMs

OCR systems

Job description

A high-growth AI startup in Austin is seeking a Founding Engineer to lead the development of their machine learning-powered document extraction engine. You'll work directly with the co-founders, owning backend architecture decisions and expanding core functionalities. The ideal candidate has strong backend skills, particularly in Python, and 1 to 5 years of experience in high-ownership environments. This role offers significant equity and potential for professional growth, with excellent benefits including top-tier health insurance and daily lunches.