Founding Machine Learning Engineer (Retrieval, Ranking, Recommendations)

We are looking for an experienced professional to join Fintool as we develop a financial copilot for institutional investors. Fintool combines the capabilities of ChatGPT with financial documents, beginning with SEC filings, to extract insights that surpass traditional analysis methods. Backed by Y Combinator and supported by prominent entrepreneurs from companies like Datadog, Vercel, Hugging Face, OpenAI, and DeepMind, we are well-positioned for success.

**Team Overview:**

• Nicolas Bustamante: Previously built one of the largest AI-driven legal search engines, managing a team of 200, acquiring substantial funding, and successfully selling the profitable business.
• Edouard Godrey: Formerly with Apple, he led teams in data science and engineering for projects like Apple Search and Apple Pay, receiving the Apple Pay Innovation Award in 2019.

**Company Philosophy:**

• Small Team: We believe that small in-person teams outperform large, well-funded companies.
• Ship Code: We minimize unnecessary meetings and prioritize early releases while valuing customer feedback.
• In-Person Collaboration: We think high-performing teams do their best work together and build lasting relationships face-to-face.

**Company Values:**

• Clone and Improve: Instead of reinventing the wheel, we enhance proven successes and draw inspiration from various sources.
• Release Early and Often: Speed is vital, so we push for timely updates, learning continuously from our experiences.
• Warren Buffett's Principles: We embody integrity, honesty, frugality, lifelong learning, humility, generosity, rationality, and patience in our daily operations.

**Job Description:**

Your challenge is to develop a high-quality, low-latency retrieval augmented generation (RAG) system built on millions of complex documents. You will lead the implementation of custom embeddings, rankers, and hybrid search solutions.

**Requirements:**

• 3+ years of experience in Python, Machine Learning (embeddings, ranking, recommendations), LLM.
• Familiarity with Spark, Databricks, and TypeScript is a plus.
• Location: San Francisco (no remote work).
• Contract Type: Full-time.

If you are excited about the opportunity to make a significant impact at Fintool, please apply via the form below for a faster review of your application: Apply Here.