Lead Engineer – AI

A1 is a self‑funded AI group, operating in full stealth. We’re building a new global consumer AI application where the intelligence layer is core to the product, not an add‑on. This is a founding technical leadership role. You will act as the principal builder of A1’s AI systems – writing production code, designing ML pipelines, and setting engineering standards while directly shaping how our AI works in the real world.

• You define how AI systems are built at A1
• You connect data, models, evaluation, and product
• You raise the technical bar through direct contribution

• Design and implement end-to-end AI systems
• Build training, inference, and evaluation pipelines
• Write production orchestration and feedback code
• Optimize latency, cost, and model quality
• Review PRs and mentor engineers

• 6+ years engineering experience
• Strong hands‑on ML background
• Production LLM / RAG experience
• Strong Python plus one backend language

We operate as a dense, senior, high‑performance team. We value clarity, speed, craftsmanship, and relentless ownership. We behave like founders — we build, ship, iterate, and hold ourselves to a high technical bar. If you value excellence, enjoy building real systems, and want to be part of a small team creating something globally impactful, you’ll thrive here.

A1 is a self‑funded, independent AI group, focused on building a new consumer AI product with global impact. We’re assembling a small, elite team of ML and engineering builders who want to work on meaningful, high‑impact problems.