Soul AI · 3 months ago
Founding Engineer - ML Research
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expDeccan AI is a model training and eval startup headquartered in the Bay Area, founded by IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad and ex-Google alumni. They are seeking a Founding ML Research Engineer to build and scale their AI research backbone, focusing on applied machine learning and systems engineering.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Design, train, and evaluate ML models (LLMs, diffusion models, or domain-specific architectures)
Develop scalable experimentation pipelines for data, model, and evaluation workflows
Work closely with the data and infra teams to optimize training throughput and quality
Contribute to open research, internal benchmarks, and emerging techniques in multimodal or generative AI
Rapidly prototype and productionize research insights into usable tools and models
Define foundational technical culture — set standards for research rigor, documentation, and reproducibility
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience in ML research, applied ML, or ML systems engineering
Deep familiarity with PyTorch / JAX / TensorFlow, and model architectures (Transformers, Diffusion, or RLHF)
Strong foundations in data processing, distributed training, and evaluation metrics
Curiosity for emerging ML paradigms (multimodality, self-learning, synthetic data, agentic systems, etc.)
Ability to move from research papers → working prototypes → production-ready code
Passion for building from zero to one in a high-velocity startup environment
Company
Soul AI
Soul AI offers generative AI solutions for enterprises, focusing on RLHF and custom AI services.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase