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Member of Technical Staff, Founding Machine Learning Engineer

Ocular AI· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$130k - $200k + equityFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Founding Machine Learning Engineer role at Ocular AI, a fast-moving startup building data annotation and AI tooling platforms. Work directly with founders to design and develop foundational AI models for production, shipping latest ML tech, and enabling customers to train and fine-tune models. In-person in San Francisco, full-time, 3+ years experience.

Responsibilities

  • Finding the latest papers, turning them into useful products, and publishing them on Ocular.
  • Experimenting with and adapting the latest ML technologies to fit into existing tech stack
  • Deploying, Training and Fine Tuning Large Language Models, ML and AI Models.
  • Developing model training infrastructure so that Ocular users can train their own LoRAs to fine-tune open-source models to fit their needs.
  • Working directly with the founders and customers to shape the product direction and engineering strategy

Qualifications

  • 3+ years experience developing models with Python/PyTorch/OpenCV/PyTorch/TensorFlow
  • Hands-on experience training AI/LLM’s models for production environments
  • Passion for solving ML problems with strong algorithmic problem solving and applied machine learning

Skills

Required:PythonPyTorchOpenCV
Nice to have:TensorFlow

Benefits

  • 401K
  • Health Insurance (Dental + Vision)
  • Annual Company Retreats
  • Monthly Mental Health Stipend
  • Work setup stipend (MacBook Pro, Monitor, & Accessories)
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Ocular AI

AI-Native Data Engine for LLMs, Computer Vision, & Enterprise AI

Ocular AI is the data annotation engine for Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Enterprise AI models. We help you transform unstructured, multi-modal data into golden datasets to power generative AI, frontier models, and computer vision. Ocular Foundry is the most intuitive, data-centric, and fastest platform that lets you label, annotate, version, and deploy your data for training models. It also orchestrates your annotation jobs, improving collaboration with members and annotators. With Ocular Bolt, shift from humans in the loop to experts in the loop to supercharge your data labeling and annotation projects. Our global expert workforce ensures fast, accurate results—no matter the scale or complexity of your data. Companies spend huge amounts on training data, but Foundry and Bolt are AI-native tools that lower costs, reduce manual effort, and accelerate high-quality data collection. We’re replacing outdated, clunky, and expensive data software!

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