Founding ML Engineer (95K + Equity) at Klaris

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Job Title: Founding ML Engineer

Salary: 95K Equity

Company Description: Klaris - NHS-backed AI platform transforming MedTech compliance

Job Description:
As the first ML hire you will build the foundational data and MLOps flywheel for a safety-critical MedTech platform. Youll move beyond wrappers to develop custom algorithms and agentic RAG workflows that automate complex regulatory documentation. This is a high-impact 0-to-1 role helping lifesaving medical devices reach patients faster through sophisticated automation.

Location: London UK

Why this role is remarkable:

• Founding-level impact: You arent just joining a company; you are architecting the technical culture and ML strategy from the ground up alongside a PhD CTO.

• Strong backing and traction: Supported by an NHS-affiliated VC Antler and Vento Ventures Klaris already has pilot programs converting into paid enterprise customers.

• Mission-driven innovation: Your work directly accelerates the deployment of lifesaving medical technologies by solving the massive manual bottleneck of regulatory compliance.

What you will do:

• Architect and scale production-grade MLOps infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines monitoring and model versioning using tools like MLflow or Weights & Biases.

• Develop and productionize advanced LLM solutions including agentic workflows RAG pipelines and knowledge graphs to process complex regulatory documents.

• Lead the end-to-end data strategy from building ETL pipelines and OCR tasks to fine-tuning models for safety-critical healthcare applications.

The ideal candidate:

• 4 years of proven experience in MLOps and NLP with a track record of turning experimental algorithms into robust scalable software products.

• Deep technical proficiency in the Python ecosystem specifically with FastAPI Pydantic vector databases and containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes.

• Founding team DNA: A high-agency builder who thrives in ambiguity and can make independent architectural decisions without needing established structure.

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