Founding Engineer, NLP Systems & Infrastructure
About the Role
Join an early-stage AI infrastructure team as its first technical hire, turning a research-grade prototype into a reliable product for enterprise and public-sector users. You will shape the production platform, work hands-on across the stack, and grow into building and leading the engineering team.
What You'll Do
Design and own the production architecture, including data and NLP pipelines, AI/ML integrations, CI/CD, observability, and cloud or on-premises deployment.
Build and validate the first production-ready product slice, making practical decisions about infrastructure, security, quality, and delivery speed.
Set the engineering roadmap and establish architecture direction, standards, and a positive team culture.
Work closely with founders and users, iterating on product needs and technical priorities.
Hire and manage an engineering team as the organization grows.
What We're Looking For
At least 5 years building and operating production data-intensive or NLP systems, including ingestion, deduplication, entity resolution, queues, and orchestrated pipelines.
Strong Python skil
