SECTION I · THE BRIEF
Brief #27437Updated 21 AUG 2026SAN FRANCISCO, CAYcY COMBINATOR
Employbl Company Profile

Founding ML Engineer

Unsloth is an AI startup focusing on making AI more accessible to the everyday person! Our open-source streamlines the process of finetuning and makes LLMs 2.2x faster and use 62% less VRAM.

Location
San Francisco, CA
Company size
5–10
Posted
2w ago
Via
Yc
Section II · Full ProfileFree with an account
  • 01Comp band & equity packageLocked
  • 02Seniority & experience requirementsLocked
  • 03Interview process & rubricLocked
  • 04Hiring manager & team contextLocked
  • 05Growth trajectory in this roleLocked
  • 06Offer & decision timelineLocked

Free account · no card · 2 minutes

Unsloth AI logo

Founding ML Engineer · Unsloth AI

View company profile
Job title
Founding ML Engineer
Job location
San Francisco, CA, US
Job description
We’re looking for someone who loves open-source and collaborating with the OSS community but also has deep understanding in how transformers and Unsloth works.\ \ **_MUST COMPLETE CHALLENGES BEFORE APPLYING: _**[**_https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/1891194528931209644_**](https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/1891194528931209644) **Must have:** * Deep knowledge and implementation experience with multi-GPU training techniques such as FSDP * Important contributions to ML open-source projects (e.g., transformers, TRL, kernels, Unsloth) with reviewable code. * Heavy experience working with ML frameworks like Unsloth, Transformers, TRL, and PyTorch. * Familiarity with inference engines such as vLLM * Familiarity with low-level languages and kernels like Triton * Understanding of cloud services such as GCP or AWS (bonus). Can be initially remote, with the ability to work in-person in San Francisco later.
View job listing ↗
The Saturday Briefing

Get the Saturday tech briefing

New company profiles, funding moves, and who’s hiring across the market — every Saturday morning.

Where this role is based

San Francisco, CA

Loading map…

Unsloth AI headquarters

CA

Company size

510 employees

Founded

2023

Total raised

$540,000

View company profile ↗

Funding rounds