# Founding ML Researcher

**Company:** [Unsiloed AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/unsiloed-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** AI Research
**Salary:** $200k – $300k/yr
**Skills:** Vision Language Models, Computer Vision, Document Ai, PyTorch, Transformers, Data Pipelines, Model Evaluation, Model Deployment, Inference Optimization, Layout Models
**Posted:** 2025-12-31

> Founding ML Researcher shapes ML research direction for document AI, owns end-to-end lifecycle from research to production deployment. Requires expertise in VLMs, computer vision, unstructured data parsing; PhD preferred.

## Job Description

## What you Will Do

- Shape the company’s ML research direction and translate research into production-ready document AI models.
- Own the end-to-end ML lifecycle: research → experimentation → training → evaluation → production deployment.
- Work with engineering team to transition research into deployed, scalable systems.
- Drive best practices for data, experimentation, evaluation, and model iteration.

## What We are Looking For

This role is research-heavy but product-oriented. You should be comfortable moving between theory, experimentation, and real-world deployment.

You should have experience with most of the following:
- Training and deploying state-of-the-art models for parsing and understanding unstructured data.
- Experimenting with novel techniques to improve layout models and VLM-based document understanding.
- Building data pipelines, evaluating model performance, and integrating models into production systems.
- Working directly with the founders to shape the product direction and engineering strategy.

**Bonus if you have:**
- PhD or equivalent research experience in VLM, Computer Vision or related areas.
- Publications in top-tier AI conferences.
- Familiarity with model serving, inference optimization, or deployment at scale.

## Compensation

- $200k – $300k
- Equity: 0.1% – 1%

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