# Founding ML Engineer

**Company:** [Extend](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/extend)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $350k/yr
**Skills:** Machine Learning, Computer Vision, LLMs, PyTorch, Transformers, Model Training, Model Deployment, Production Monitoring, Vision Models
**Posted:** 2025-07-20

> Builds state-of-the-art vision models and novel LLM techniques for document processing infrastructure. Monitors production models, runs experiments, and owns large product areas in a high-impact founding role.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Training and deploying SOTA vision models for document processing
- Design novel LLM techniques for increasing the complexity of use cases and data streams that Extend can be applied to
- Monitor existing models in production, understand what’s working well (and what isn’t), and run experiments to solve those issues
- Have complete ownership over the work you do — as a founding team member, you’ll have the opportunity to truly own large areas of product and engineering and have direct relationship with customers
- Work directly with the CEO, CTO, and other founding members and help build out our team

## Benefits
- Insurance - 90% health insurance premium coverage
- Relocation - for candidates based outside of NYC
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Daily lunch & snacks covered (plus dinner if you're in the office late)
- Unlimited token / tooling access
- Learning and development investment

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