Founding Machine Learning Engineer
Taiga
San Francisco, California, United Statesunknown$350,000–$400,000Posted Nov 1, 2026
About the role
You will be our first ML hire. You will own the models and agents that do the billing work, plus the evals and data pipelines behind them, and you will decide how we build all of it.
You have 7+ years building ML systems and have shipped LLM or agent systems that real users depend on. You know how to design evals, when to fine-tune, and how to keep cost and latency in check in production. Healthcare experience is a plus.
On-site in San Francisco. $350K to $400K base, 1% to 2% equity. US-based candidates with existing US work authorization only; we do not sponsor visas.
Taiga is building autonomous medical billing. We are a small team in San Francisco, backed by Y Combinator.
Learn more at https://taigabilling.com/careers
Responsibilities
- Own the models and agents that perform billing work
- Build and maintain the evaluations and data pipelines behind the models and agents
- Decide how the machine learning systems are built
Qualifications
- 7+ years building machine learning systems
- Experience shipping LLM or agent systems that real users depend on
- Ability to design evaluations and determine when to fine-tune
- Ability to manage production cost and latency
- Healthcare experience is a plus
- Must be based in the US and have existing US work authorization; visa sponsorship is unavailable
Benefits
- 1% to 2% equity
Skills mentioned
Machine LearningGenerative AILarge Language ModelsAI AgentsFine-TuningModel EvaluationData EngineeringData PipelinesModel DeploymentLLMOps