Hybrid Founding Applied AI Engineer

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About the role

  • Founding engineer at Mechro building AI troubleshooting platform for heavy machinery. Directly engaging with manufacturers to improve AI-driven solutions for real-world challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Build the AI Troubleshooting Engine that powers the future of heavy machinery.
  • Work directly with machinery manufacturers to turn real-world troubleshooting into an improving AI system.
  • Own customer outcomes from discovery to production rollout.
  • Embed with customers to understand workflows and define success.
  • Integration and implementation of customer systems/data.
  • Stabilize and scale the MVP into a production-ready troubleshooting assistant.
  • Establish early engineering culture and translate user problems into product decisions.
  • Run technical customer integrations and implement reliability systems monitoring.

Requirements

  • 5+ years full-stack engineering experience with shipped, user-facing products
  • Strong experience with React + TypeScript, Node/NestJS, and SQL/NoSQL databases
  • Practical experience integrating LLMs/AI APIs into real applications
  • Zero-to-one ownership stories that show grit, ambiguity navigation, and user impact
  • Experience running B2B/enterprise customer integrations
  • Comfort balancing speed with reliability in early-stage systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Strong “delivery energy”. You like owning outcomes in the real world, not just writing elegant code.
  • Experience with RAG systems, vector databases, or ML evaluation pipelines (Extra Awesome)
  • Familiarity with SOC2-style security practices (Extra Awesome)
  • Prior startup or founding engineer experience (Extra Awesome)
  • Strong product sense and the ability to simplify complex workflows (Extra Awesome)

Benefits

  • Base Salary: $165,000–$190,000
  • Founder-level equity
  • Relocation support
  • Excellent health, vision, and dental
  • 401(k) with match
  • Generous PTO
  • Cell reimbursement, parking stipend
  • Weekly team lunches
  • Dog-friendly office
  • Flexible, high-autonomy culture

Job title

Founding Applied AI Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$165,000 - $190,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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