Cofounding Data Scientist (Remote, US Applicants only) – Founder Equity, Pre-Seed
Core
Cofounding Data Scientist building enterprise AI software for safe deployment, governance, and operation of AI systems in production.
Role type
Cofounding Data Scientist (Pre-Seed)
Builds
Enterprise AI software platform for AI governance and risk detection
Domain
Enterprise AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Data Science, Machine Learning, Applied AI, Dataset curation, Open-source model fine-tuning (Llama, Mistral, Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek), Data engineering (ETL, large-scale processing), AWS/GCP, Python, Modern AI/ML frameworks
Preferred skills
Enterprise software leadership, Production AI systems, LLMs, AI agents, RAG, AI governance, Cybersecurity, Cloud infrastructure, Early-stage startup experience
Technologies
Llama, Mistral, Gemma, Qwen, DeepSeek, AWS, GCP, Python
Responsibilities
Build and curate strategic datasets, Fine-tune and evaluate open-source foundation models, Design ML pipelines for risk detection and anomaly detection, Develop data engineering workflows, Productionize ML capabilities with product/engineering, Define model quality metrics and evaluation frameworks, Engage with design partners to translate problems into product capabilities, Shape product direction, technical architecture, and company strategy
Seniority
Cofounder, hands-on IC