Machine Learning Architect
San Francisco, CA$100k - $150k + equityFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Founding ML/engineering role at Scout (YC-backed AI news aggregator). Work directly with CTO to optimize agent-based retrieval, perform model architecture research, latency optimization, cloud infrastructure, and contribute to product roadmap. Collaboration with customers for onboarding and support.
Responsibilities
- optimize agent-based retrieval
- engineer across the stack including model architecture research
- latency optimization at software and hardware level
- cloud infrastructure
- product roadmap
- work closely with customers on onboarding, support, and satisfaction
Qualifications
- Master's degree in computer science / engineering
- experience in engineering ML products
- graduate level work in deep learning and transformer models strongly preferred
- demonstrable experience in deep learning research, cloud computing, software/hardware co-design
- strong organizational and problem solving skills
Skills
Required:Amazon Web Services (AWS)PythonTorch/PyTorchDeep LearningReinforcement learning (RL)
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Scout
Scout is an AI news aggregator that turns your role, industry, and…
Scout features 10 minute long generative podcasts that update you about your industry and interests while you are at the gym or in the car. We currently have 58% D7 retention, 35% D30 retention, and 24% DAU/MAU.
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