Effective AI · 6 hours ago
Founding ML Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelEffective AI is building the future of work by creating sophisticated AI Teammates designed to master complex workflows in the insurance market. As a Founding ML Engineer, you will design, train, and deploy AI systems to tackle challenges in agentic AI and natural language processing, focusing on core insurance functions like underwriting and claims processing.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Architect and Develop Core ML pipelines: Design, train, and fine-tune state-of-the-art language models (including reinforcement learning agents) to enable long-horizon task completion and complex decision-making
Implement Nuanced Reasoning: Develop and integrate ML techniques that empower agents to make sound judgments on ambiguous or incomplete data, mimicking human expert reasoning and generalization
Build Intelligent, Tool-Using Agents: Engineer the ML systems that allow our agents to dynamically select and effectively utilize a diverse set of external tools—including APIs, databases, web searches, and even Excel-based pricing algorithms—to gather facts and take action
Design and Implement Robust Evaluation Frameworks: Develop and utilize comprehensive evaluation metrics and systems to rigorously test and benchmark agent performance, identify areas for improvement, and ensure reliability and safety in real-world insurance workflows
Design for Continuous Adaptation and Learning: Create robust ML pipelines and feedback loops that enable agents to learn from new data, adapt to dynamic conditions like changing regulations or market shifts, and continuously improve performance
Establish MLOps Best Practices: Contribute to the foundational infrastructure for model development, deployment, monitoring, and iteration in production environments
Qualification
Required
Strong foundation in machine learning fundamentals, algorithms, statistics, and deep learning, demonstrated through high-impact projects or prior work
Genuinely passionate about AI and energized by tackling ambiguous challenges from first principles, particularly in areas like agentic AI, NLP, and reasoning
Strong programming skills, particularly in Python, with experience in relevant ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy)
Collaborative, fast learner who wants to join a small team and have an outsized impact on product and technical direction
Preferred
Experience with MLOps, cloud ML platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), or deploying models in production
Familiarity with or experience in Reinforcement Learning (RL) and post-training techniques (e.g., RLHF, RLAIF) for language models
Benefits
Flexible PTO
Catered lunches
Best-in-class medical, dental & vision insurance
401k with company match
Mentorship from experienced founders and access to an elite investor network
Monthly team building events & happy hours
Company
Effective AI
At Effective AI, we're focused on solving a core problem we see across the industry: your best A-Team talent is too often tied up in B-Work.
Founded in 2025
11-50 employees
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2025 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
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