Founding Applied AI Engineer

About OfOne: OfOne is a startup building AI-powered order taking for restaurant drive-thrus. Leveraging LLMs, we improve restaurant operating efficiency by streamlining labor, boosting sales, and improving customer experience. We are looking for a talented and experienced Applied AI Engineer to join our small, highly collaborative team as one of the first five employees.

OfOne is venture-backed by amazing seed investors including SignalFire, Correlation Ventures, Y Combinator, and a great list of high-impact angels.

Due to our product’s tight integration of hardware and software, we believe it’s a competitive advantage for us to work together in person 4-5 days per week. Our office is in the heart of San Francisco, CA and walking distance from BART, Muni, and CalTrain.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimize our AI systems to deliver exceptional accuracy and performance of our automated order taker for drive-thru restaurants
• Collaborate closely with the team to ensure the seamless integration of ML models into our products
• Analyze and interpret data to continuously improve model performance and create actionable insights
• Implement machine learning best practices, ensuring scalability and maintainability of ML systems in production
• Develop and build frameworks for evaluating model performance and optimizing latency and costs associated with model inference
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning research and related technologies, and apply those findings to our product development
• Contribute to the overall technology stack and participate in other technical projects as needed

Requirements:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining machine learning systems in production environments at high caliber startups
• Proficiency in Python
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt in both a rapidly evolving startup environment and technology stack
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a team
• Ability to proactively recognize problems and identify solutions to those problems

Nice-to-haves:

• Strong understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or Speech Recognition techniques
• Proven track record of successfully building ML systems from scratch (zero-to-one) and deploying them in real-world applications
• Experience implementing entity extraction and classification problems
• Experience working with large and sparse data training sets
• Experience with Kotlin or Java

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance
• Opportunities for growth and advancement within a fast-paced, innovative startup environment building on the cutting edge
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on an industry ripe for innovation

Join us at OfOne as we shape the future of restaurants with our groundbreaking technology. Apply now and become a key member of our talented and ambitious team.