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ML Infrastructure Engineer / Founding ML Lead

8y relevant experience

Qualified
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EU engineers, ready to place with your US clients

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Executive Summary

Exceptional candidate who significantly exceeds technical requirements with world-class ML experience at Meta scale. Has directly built and shipped LLM systems, RLHF pipelines, and ML infrastructure driving hundreds of millions in revenue. Strong leadership background and PhD-level analytical skills. Primary concerns are compensation expectations likely exceeding budget and adaptation from large-scale tech environment to early-stage startup. This candidate is exactly the type of technical leader who could architect ML systems from scratch and scale into CTO role.

Top Strengths

  • 12 years ML experience with 8+ in production systems exceeding requirements
  • Direct LLM fine-tuning and RLHF experience with SFT/PPO/DPO at scale
  • Proven ability to ship end-to-end ML products driving $600M+ revenue
  • Strong leadership experience managing 18 engineers in ML organization
  • PhD + quantitative finance background shows strong analytical foundation

Key Concerns

  • !May expect compensation above $150k range given current Senior Staff level
  • !No explicit startup or founding team experience mentioned

Culture Fit

90%

Growth Potential

High

Salary Estimate

$200k-$300k+ (likely above budget range)

Assessment Reasoning

Strong FIT decision based on exceptional technical qualifications that far exceed requirements. This candidate has 8+ years of relevant ML production experience (exceeds 5+ requirement), deep LLM expertise with hands-on RLHF implementation, proven track record shipping ML systems at massive scale with direct revenue impact, and leadership experience managing large engineering teams. The combination of PhD-level theoretical foundation with extensive production ML experience makes them ideal for founding ML engineer role with CTO growth path. Only concerns are compensation expectations and startup culture fit, but technical qualifications are outstanding.

Interview Focus Areas

Startup environment adaptation and founding team dynamicsCompensation expectations and equity interestVision for building ML infrastructure from scratchLeadership philosophy and team building approach

Experience Overview

12y total · 8y relevant

Outstanding ML leader with 8+ years building production systems at massive scale. Has directly led LLM fine-tuning, RLHF, and ranking systems driving $600M+ annual revenue at Meta with deep hands-on technical expertise.

Matching Skills

PythonPyTorchLLMsAWSMLOpsTensorFlow

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