Founding Ai Engineer - Cybersecurity Startup (EU/UK)

Cherry Ventures is supporting our portfolio with this hire(Founding) AI Engineer/Lead - remote within CET/GMT times zones

Who we are

We are ex Amazon, Elastic, and Tessian founders building a ground breaking stealth-mode cybersecurity company. We are working on a new type of platform that uses a combination of generative AI (including agents) and traditional data science to solve some of the most pressing challenges faced by security teams today.

Join our mission to harness the power of Generative AI (LLMs and Agents) to tackle some of today’s most pressing cybersecurity challenges.As a Lead AI Engineer, you will be at the forefront of innovation, driving significant breakthroughs for security teams.

Your Contributions to Our Journey:

● Innovate and Lead: Spearhead the design and development of cutting-edge AI model
architectures and capabilities.
● Drive Product Innovation: Implement state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and
techniques to revolutionize our products.
● Create Intelligent Workflows: Design and implement agentic workflows using advanced
libraries like LangGraph, blending proprietary and open-source models.
● Shape the Future of AI Products: Contribute to the development of products powered by
LLMs and deep learning techniques, implementing ML- and LLM-Ops best practices.
● Collaborate and Integrate: Work closely with team members to seamlessly integrate AI
solutions into our products.
● Optimize Data Pipelines: Partner with data ingestion specialists to refine workflows for
efficient model training and deployment.
● Experiment and Evaluate: Design and conduct experiments to rigorously test and enhance
model performance and robustness.

What You Need to Be Successful:

● Deep Expertise: A profound understanding of the theoretical foundations of machine
learning.
● Proven Experience: Multiple years of experience developing AI models for SaaS products.
● Technical Mastery: Fluency in at least one deep learning framework (e.g., TensorFlow,
PyTorch, etc.).
● LLM Proficiency: Experience with LLMs and the emerging field of prompt-engineering.
● Problem-Solving Prowess: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to thrive in a
fast-paced startup environment.
● Communication Excellence: Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills.
● Agile Innovation: Ability to quickly prototype and iterate on MVPs to test and validate new
ideas.

●A Masters' degree (or Phd) in related fields: Ai/LLM/ etc. from a reputable academic institution.

Why Join Us:

● Ambitious Challenges: We are using Generative AI (LLMs and Agents) to solve some of the
most pressing challenges in cybersecurity today. You’ll be working at the cutting edge of this
field, aiming to deliver significant breakthroughs for security teams.
● Expert Team: We are a team of hands-on leaders with deep experience in Big Tech and
Scale-ups. Our team has been part of the leadership teams behind multiple acquisitions and
an IPO.
● Impactful Work: Cybersecurity is becoming a challenge to most companies and helping them
mitigate risk ultimately helps drive better outcomes for all of us.

While we are aremote firstcompany, we will only consider applicants located in the CET/GMT times zones.

At this stage of our company, we can only accept applications from people who are based in Europe/UK with either European citizenship, an active working visa or being self-employed and joining us as a full-time contractor.

We strive to remove barriers, eliminate discrimination, and ensure equal opportunity through our transparent recruitment process. We are open to all groups of people without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Cherry Ventures is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Cherry VC is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify.