Founding ML Engineer

Open Posted on May 12, 2026

At a glance

Pay
$200k – $500k/yr
Type
Full Time
Location
San Francisco, California
Posted
May 12, 2026
Company size
Startup (1-50)
Industry
Technology/Software

About the role

We’re looking for someone who loves open-source and collaborating with the OSS community but also has deep understanding in how transformers and Unsloth works.

_MUST COMPLETE CHALLENGES BEFORE APPLYING: _https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/1891194528931209644

Must have

  • Deep knowledge and implementation experience with multi-GPU training techniques such as FSDP
  • Important contributions to ML open-source projects (e.g., transformers, TRL, kernels, Unsloth) with reviewable code.
  • Heavy experience working with ML frameworks like Unsloth, Transformers, TRL, and PyTorch.
  • Familiarity with inference engines such as vLLM
  • Familiarity with low-level languages and kernels like Triton
  • Understanding of cloud services such as GCP or AWS (bonus).
  • Can be initially remote, with the ability to work in-person in San Francisco later.

About Unsloth AI

Unsloth AI
Technology/Software · Startup (1-50)
YC Backed

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