Role overview
**Summary:**
Series A investment looking for a Sr. MLE with AI/ML expertise to build cutting-edge AI agent systems for financial compliance. You'll work at the intersection of software engineering and applied AI, turning the latest advancements in language models and agent frameworks into production-grade solutions that deliver real value for financial institutions.
This is a hands-on role where you'll build robust, scalable systems that operate in live customer environments. You'll work directly with state-of-the-art AI technologies while ensuring the reliability and accuracy that regulated industries demand.
**Responsibilities:**
* Design and implement agentic workflows, optimize prompt engineering, and develop RAG systems
* Build systems to measure, test, and improve AI performance
* Turn the latest advancements in applied AI into scalable, reliable software that operates seamlessly in enterprise environments
* Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver AI features that solve real-world problems at scale
* Debug and improve AI system performance, from prompt optimization to retrieval system tuning
**Qualifications:**
* BSCS & 4+ years of related industry experience with 1+ year focused on Generative AI/ML applications, leveraging modern LLM's (strong plus for exp with multi-agent workflows)
* Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and vector search systems
* Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar)
* Familiarity with AI evaluation techniques and performance optimization
**About Us:**
Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, Palo Alto Networks, among others. More can be found about us here: https://greylock.com/
**How We Work:**
We are full-time, salaried employees of Greylock and provide free candidate referrals/introductions to our active investments. We will contact anyone who looks like a potential match--requesting to schedule a call with you immediately.
Due to the selective nature of this service and the volume of applicants we typically receive from our job postings, a follow-up email will not be sent until a match is identified with one of our investments.
Please note:
We are not recruiting for any roles within Greylock at this time. This job posting is for direct employment with a startup in our portfolio.