Founding Engineer, NLP Systems & Infrastructure

About the Role

Join an early-stage dual-use AI company as its first technical hire, turning a research-grade prototype into dependable production software for enterprise and public-sector users. You will begin as a hands-on builder with broad technical ownership, then grow the engineering team and take on people leadership.

What You'll Do

• Design and own production architecture for data and NLP pipelines, AI/ML integrations, CI/CD, observability, and cloud or on-premises deployments.

• Set the engineering roadmap and balance delivery speed with quality and security.

• Build and validate the first production release, including infrastructure and security decisions.

• Hire and lead an engineering team, set technical standards, and support a positive team culture.

• Work closely with founders and users to iterate on the product.

What We're Looking For

• At least 5 years