AI Engineer/FDE/Data Scientist

Kiln AI is a well funded AI startup in Toronto. Founded by an ex-Apple AI team, we’re building the workbench for AI teams including evals, auto-research, fine-tuning, RAG, skills, agentic optimization, and much more. Learn more at kiln.tech You’ll have the opportunity to: * Work closely with the founding team: senior ex-Apple AI * Work with Kiln customers and users, building modern AI systems * Work with new AI technology and models as soon as it comes out What successful candidates should have: * Be able to code with and without AI: we’re highly agentic, but expect the humans to bring critical thinking and experience. * Have experience building agentic systems or ML systems: some past projects in AI and/or data-science. * Willing to wear many hats. The role will mix FDE (forward deployed engineering), open-source AI development, closed-source development, analysis, writing technical content, and more. It’s a great role for someone who wants to move fast, be flexible, get lots of experience. * An education in software engineering, computer science, or similar. * Level: 0-5 years of experience in tech. We’re looking for the right candidate and are flexible on level of experience. * Compensation: will reflect the candidate's seniority/level, but competitive and opportunity for stock options if joining as employee. The Role: * Format: Contract or full-time. We are open to both options. * Location: Work from home. Need to be based in GTA (Greater Toronto Area) for occasional customer/team meetings in Toronto. Needs Canadian work authorization. * Travel: quarterly offsite meeting with team. Past locations have been Cancun Mexico and Montreal. May require travel to conferences in the future (<5 times/yr). Applying: * Resumes are fine, but a short note about why you think you’re a fit goes a long way toward standing out. * Apply to apply@kiln.tech or via this platform Learn about Kiln: * Homepage * Github