You will architect and own the core Living Intelligence substrate for mā, a system unifying multimodal data into real-time semantic states. This is a founding role for a senior systems-level builder to design the narrative engines and orchestration layers that drive proactive guidance across hardware and software interfaces.
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Founding AI Engineer at https:/www.usema
Join https:/www.usema.ai as a Founding AI Engineer to architect the 'Living Intelligence' substrate of a generational embodied AI platform. This isn't a research role; we're looking for an elite systems-level builder to unify multimodal data—biological, behavioral, and contextual—into a real-time narrative engine. You’ll own the entire AI stack from the ground up, collaborating directly with the founder to define how AI interacts with the physical world through hardware and a new operating substrate. If you've shipped ML systems at scale at places like Apple, DeepMind, or OpenAI, this is your chance to build a legacy-free system with total ownership.
Overview
Role overview
Company
https:/www.usema
https:/www.usema.ai - Embodied AI startup building a new class of living intelligence systems.
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and implement the semantic data substrate, unifying wearables, conversations, and environmental context into a persistent graph/RAG architecture.
- Build the narrative engine and orchestration layer to manage low-latency conversational loops and proactive agent-style planning and scheduling.
- Establish the infrastructure foundation, including model runtimes, evaluation tooling, and scalable microservices on AWS/GCP to support real-time sensor fusion.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Has 6–12+ years of experience in applied ML or AI systems, with a proven track record of shipping production-grade products used by millions.
- Mastery of Python, PyTorch/JAX, and advanced LLM integration, specifically building complex agentic pipelines and multimodal data systems.
- Possesses a systems-thinker mindset with the agency to architect novel, ambiguous systems from scratch rather than tuning incremental features.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Rare opportunity to build the foundational AI substrate for a new category of embodied intelligence, working directly with the founder with zero legacy constraints.
- Unique product scope spanning hardware (ōrb), a generative marketplace, and a persistent living record of user biological and behavioral data.
- Deep ownership of the entire stack, from real-time inference pipelines and RAG architecture to the dynamic narrative engine and agent-style workflows.
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