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Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision + Full Stack)

VN, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision + Full Stack) Join to apply for the Machine Learning Engineer (Computer Vision + Full Stack) role at VN. VN is the foundational neutral infrastructure connecting the Artificial Intelligence Intellectual Property (AI IP) ecosystem. Our mission is to address the critical challenge of tracking, attributing, and monetizing copyrighted content in the rapidly evolving generative AI space. By combining forensic proof with authorized licensing frameworks, we empower creators and rights holders to thrive in this new era of AI innovation.

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About the Role We are looking for a highly skilled

Machine Learning Engineer

with strong experience in

computer vision, multimodal models, and high-scale ML systems

to help us build an automated system for detecting copyright infringement at internet scale. As our

first engineering hire , you’ll own the end-to-end ML lifecycle—from experimentation and fine-tuning to production deployment—and you’ll also jump into full-stack development when needed to help integrate models into our product.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role in a fast-moving startup. You should be excited about working autonomously, solving ambiguous problems, and wearing multiple hats across ML, MLOps, backend, and occasionally frontend.

Responsibilities

Develop and fine-tune computer vision and multimodal models for identifying copyright infringement and similarity detection at scale.

Build and optimize pipelines for embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

Architect scalable systems for training, inference, and continuous improvement.

Design experiments, evaluate model performance, and implement improvements across datasets and algorithms.

Work with embedding models, CLIP-style architectures, and multimodal LLMs.

Own end-to-end ML infrastructure from prototyping to production.

Deploy and manage large-scale training and inference systems on AWS, GCP, or similar platforms.

Build automated data pipelines, monitoring, and CI/CD workflows for ML models.

Ensure reliability, scalability, and observability of distributed systems.

Software Engineering / Full-Stack

Build backend APIs and services to integrate ML models into the product (Python, Node/JS).

Collaborate with product and engineering to ship features end-to-end.

Work with modern web stacks (Next.js, React) when integrating models into UI flows.

Contribute to core platform architecture and technical roadmap.

Startup / Cross-Functional

Work directly with founders in a fast-paced, experimental environment.

Own major technical decisions and help define the overall engineering culture.

Be resourceful—prototype quickly, iterate often, and think in terms of business value.

Wear multiple hats across product, data, architecture, and execution.

Requirements Technical

Strong experience with

computer vision , deep learning, and multimodal models.

Hands-on experience with

MLOps : model deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, GPU management.

Experience with

AWS or GCP

(SageMaker, Lambda, GKE, Cloud Run, S3/GCS, etc.).

Solid understanding of

vector databases , embeddings, RAG, and large-scale retrieval systems.

Experience building and maintaining production-grade APIs and microservices.

Strong systems-engineering mindset: scalability, optimization, distributed systems.

Preferred

Experience with image similarity search, hashing, or watermark detection.

Experience with fine-tuning foundation models (Vision Transformers, CLIP, LLaVA, etc.).

Prior startup experience or desire to work in a deeply hands-on, zero-to-one environment.

You are a good fit if you:

Want to be a

founding engineer

with major ownership.

Enjoy switching between ML research, backend engineering, and product implementation.

Are excited by building systems that operate at internet scale.

Take pride in shipping fast, iterating often, and working with ambiguity.

Want to help shape the future of AI-powered content protection.

Compensation

Competitive salary + meaningful equity.

Flexible, founder-level impact.

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