Machine Learning Engineer

Founding Machine Learning Engineer | Build the Core Intelligence Layer | NYC Onsite | $200K–$300K + Equity

Location: New York City (Onsite Only: No Remote)

Compensation: $200K–$300K + Significant Early-Stage Equity

Timeline: Hiring Now | High-Trust, High-Impact Seat

• You’re not here to debug prompt templates.
• You’re not interested in shipping a nice demo.
• You want to build the underlying intelligence behind something foundational and be in the room with the people building it.

We’ve been engaged by a deeply technical, stealth-mode AI startup headquartered in NYC. They’re solving hard, unsolved problems in enterprise automation, combining retrieval, orchestration, long-term context, and structured reasoning.

This is not another LLM wrapper startup.

This is a team of elite builders, backed by deep capital, solving a real-world problem with wide-open greenfield and active deployments already in motion.

The Role

As the first ML engineer on the ground, you’ll work directly with the technical founders to build the infrastructure that makes this system intelligent, from retrieval pipelines to agent orchestration to dynamic memory and feedback loops.

• Build end-to-end intelligent systems: data pipelines, retrieval layers, agentic memory, reasoning
• Architect scalable ML infra with best-in-class tools (or build your own where needed)
• Ship iteratively and fast: push to prod, test in live customer environments
• Work onsite with an ultra-sharp, highly technical team solving real pain at enterprise scale

You Should Apply If You:

• Have 3 to 6+ years of experience in ML engineering, AI infra, or applied LLM work
• Are comfortable working across the stack with tools like Python, vector DBs, LangChain, RAG frameworks, and modern orchestration layers
• Thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with strong ownership and product intuition
• Care about building durable systems and solving non-trivial, long-term AI challenges
• Want to be onsite with founders and help shape the culture from Day 1

Why This Role

• Ground-floor seat with real equity, not diluted or theoretical
• Stealth, but real traction: already working with major customers
• In-person, high-agency team: you’re not a number, you’re core to the mission
• Generational opportunity: this is one of those “before it was cool” moments

Confidential search led by Fudo Partners. We’re interviewing now and moving quickly.

If you’re ready to build the AI backbone of something that actually matters, reach out.

Fudo Partners is acting as a search firm on behalf of this rocket ship stealth mode startup, if you have the skills, drive and passion to build the next unicorn, please get in touch with us for a confidential conversation. We are actively interviewing, and due to the nature of this company, we expect to close this role rapidly.