Staff ML / AI Engineer

About the role

As a Staff AI / ML Engineer, you will define and build the core AI systems behind the platform—from LLM-powered document understanding to predictive models that help brands make better decisions. This is a foundational role working directly with the CEO and CTO to shape our long-term AI strategy and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own the full AI/ML lifecycle: research → prototyping → production deployment → monitoring
• Design and build systems that extract structured data from complex financial documents
• Develop agentic systems that retrieve and reason over data across fragmented enterprise systems
• Build predictive models to forecast brand sales and financial performance
• Detect anomalies in retail and sales data
• Develop recommendation systems to help brands optimize retailer promotions
• Partner with product and engineering to integrate AI capabilities into the core platform
• AI-powered document ingestion for invoices, deductions, and retailer reports
• Agent workflows that retrieve data from legacy systems
• Sales forecasting models for large CPG brands
• Anomaly detection across retailer performance data
• Promotion optimization models

Requirements

• 5+ years of applied AI / ML experience
• Strong background in ML systems design and production deployment
• Experience working with LLMs and NLP systems
• Strong product mindset—ability to translate AI capabilities into real-world applications

Nice to Have

• Experience fine-tuning LLMs (Llama, GPT, etc.)
• Experience building agentic workflows or retrieval systems
• Startup experience and comfort operating in ambiguous environments

Benefits

Confido is a next-generation financial automation and intelligence platform that helps fast-growing CPG brands operate and scale more efficiently.

Pay

$300K - $350K

Schedule

Full-time

Qualifications

US citizen/visa only

Skills

Applied AI / ML experience, ML systems design, LLMs and NLP systems, product mindset

Benefits

Confido is committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace environment. Equal opportunity employer. No phone calls please.

Contact

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