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# Founding AI/ML Engineer - Guthrie AI

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** Philadelphia, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Databases, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Low Latency, Machine Learning Operations, Automation Anywhere
- **Published:** June 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=60b3de231e66b670

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Tooling?, * 6+ years of engineering experience including experience at an early-stage startup

 * Production AI/ML systems deployed to real customers
 * Hands-on experience with LLMs, computer vision, segmentation models, or applied ML systems
 * Retrieval experience - embeddings, reranking, chunking, knowledge bases, and source-grounded answers
 * Agentic workflow experience - tools, APIs, state management, retries, guardrails, and observability
 * Strong backend engineering fundamentals - APIs, async processing, queues, databases, cloud deployment, and monitoring
 * End-to-end ownership from problem definition through deployment, * Construction, AEC, glazing, curtain wall, or architectural metals experience
 * Multimodal AI, OCR, document intelligence, or computer vision background
 * Experience converting human-operated workflows into products
 * Inference optimization or evaluation systems experience, * Demo-only builders without customer-facing systems
 * Engineers who over-rely on AI tools without strong architectural judgment
 * Consumer-only or developer-tool backgrounds without enterprise software experience

## Description

Guthrie is hiring a Founding AI/ML Engineer to architect and ship production-grade AI systems that solve real customer problems. This is not a research role or a demo-focused position. The company is looking for product-minded engineers who can build reliable AI workflows used daily by customers. The role reports directly to the Chief AI Officer and works closely with founders and customers., * Build and ship production-grade AI systems used by real customers

 * Design multimodal pipelines for drawings, specifications, and construction documents
 * Build agentic workflows that automate document intake, extraction, takeoff support, bid preparation, and QA
 * Build and improve retrieval systems, evaluation systems, and orchestration layers
 * Improve model quality, latency, reliability, and cost efficiency
 * Prototype and iterate on customer-facing AI features
 * Own systems end to end from experimentation through deployment
 * Help shape engineering culture and technical direction


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