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AI InstructorSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Who we are:
AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same. AI Fund is a startup studio building new AI companies from the ground up. Our companies bridge AI technology and applications, focusing on industries and problems that we believe move the world forward. Founded by Dr. Andrew Ng, our team merges a deep understanding of AI technology with a proven ability to start new ventures. We have a unique business model that prepares founding members of a portfolio company with technical validation of the idea, experienced back office operational support and our team’s AI know how as well as connections within the AI community. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get in on the ground floor of an exciting AI Venture Firm and through it, grow its portfolio.
About Prisa:
We have created a seed-stage startup training people from outside Silicon Valley for jobs in Machine Learning. Our team has collectively educated more people in machine learning than any other organization in the world, and we are now applying that expertise to a new type of startup. We will be starting with a blended-learning program in Puerto Rico and scaling quickly from there.
What you will be doing:
- Organize content for a world-class, blended-learning program to train existing engineers to become machine-learning engineers within six months.
- Assist a live training program with students and intervene to overcome any obstacles to 100% completion.
- Hold office hours daily to address trainees’ questions, lead several general workshops a week, and make immediate tweaks if students are not learning subjects at a fast enough pace.
- Lead technical interview process to recruit highly motivated candidates who can become extraordinary machine-learning engineers.
You must have:
Proven ability to explain complex concepts clearly to a diverse audience:
You should be able to take concepts that are tricky, understand why they trip people up, and teach them to a group of people from a variety of different backgrounds.
Ability to identify and anticipate challenges of students going through a rigorous machine learning experience:
A key part of the job is ensuring students don’t get stuck in a very fast paced environment. You should sense and, ideally anticipate, when students might run into problems. This doesn’t necessarily mean you have to have prior teaching experience, but you should be able to form an accurate picture of the feelings and motivations of those around you.
Huge pride in theAmerican citizens of Puerto Rico and their future:
We intend for this program to play a large role in turning Puerto Rico into the world’s “AI Island.” You should be excited about helping to make this dream a reality.
It would be nice if you had:
Experience working on deployment as a machine learning engineer:
We are designing this program to place students in jobs as machine-learning engineers. Students will often have questions about how things work in practice, and having in the trenches experience will allow you to guide them easily.
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture:
Prioritize: Identify your most important tasks for moving the fund forward, and focus on them. Make sure you can stack rank according to priority, communicate out your priorities, and say “no” or “not now” appropriately to low priority items.
Execute fast: Move quickly. Set ambitious but realistic deadlines, communicate them out, and stick to it. Don’t take two days to do what can be done in one day, nor two months to do what can be done in one. Startups live or die by their ability to execute, pivot, and grow faster than anyone else.
Work hard: Startups are a lot of work to build. A core advantage startups have over established companies is that they are willing to work much harder, and so can do much more. Lean in and do the work needed to give them the best chance of success.
Own the outcome: Raise all fund-related issues directly. Propose solutions to any issue, including higher-level problems that are “outside your job scope.” We’re a small team and you are empowered to try to make anything better.
Be helpful: Leverage your team’s expertise and be generous in helping others in our ecosystem of companies. Let others help you too, and state your needs clearly to empower others to assist you.
Keep improving: Be receptive and welcome feedback. Keep looking for opportunities to learn. Keep investing in learning. Set high standards and reach for them.
This is a full-time position based in San Juan, Puerto Rico and may also entail commuting from time to time to Mayaguez (also in Puerto Rico). You must already have, or be able to obtain, authorization to work in the United States.
At AI Fund, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Contract SourcerMedellín, Antioquia
Title: Contract Sourcer
Location: Medellin, Colombia
Who We Are:
AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same. AI Fund is a startup studio building new AI companies from the ground up. Our companies bridge AI technology and applications, focusing on industries and problems that we believe move the world forward. Founded by Dr. Andrew Ng, our team merges a deep understanding of AI technology with a proven ability to start new ventures. We have a unique business model that prepares founding members of a portfolio company with technical validation of the idea, experienced back office operational support and our team’s AI know how as well as connections within the AI community. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get in on the ground floor of an exciting AI Venture Firm and through it, grow its portfolio.
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture:
Prioritize: Identify your most important tasks for moving the fund forward, and focus on them. Make sure you can stack rank according to priority, communicate out your priorities, and say “no” or “not now” appropriately to low priority items.
Execute fast: Move quickly. Set ambitious but realistic deadlines, communicate them out, and stick to it. Don’t take two days to do what can be done in one day, nor two months to do what can be done in one. Startups live or die by their ability to execute, pivot, and grow faster than anyone else.
Work hard: Startups are a lot of work to build. A core advantage startups have over established companies is that they are willing to work much harder, and so can do much more. Lean in and do the work needed to give them the best chance of success.Own the outcome: Raise all fund-related issues directly. Propose solutions to any issue, including higher-level problems that are “outside your job scope.” We’re a small team and you are empowered to try to make anything better.
Be helpful: Leverage your team’s expertise and be generous in helping others in our ecosystem of companies. Let others help you too, and state your needs clearly to empower others to assist you.
Keep improving: Be receptive and welcome feedback. Keep looking for opportunities to learn. Keep investing in learning. Set high standards and reach for them.
What You Will be Doing:
Talent Sourcing. You will be partnering up with Recruiters and Hiring Managers to understand requirements needs and search for great talent that fits roles globally, while generating leads of interest for the positions.
Sourcing Strategies Implementation. You will be responsible for implementing effective talent sourcing methods for each region that will help you generate continuous candidate flow, and networking with prospect candidates or people of interest that may provide additional referrals.
Build employer branding in LATAM. As each of the companies within the AI Fund scale over the next 12 months, you will collaborate in the development of effective employment branding strategies for the company, including supporting the recruiting marketing collateral and social media.
What You Must Bring:
Must Haves:
- Proven skills and experience sourcing specific profiles within the IT industry over the last 3+ years.
- Sourcing skills and experience working with networks such as LinkedIn, Indeed and others. Experience conducting specific boolean searches would be desired.
- Proficient communication skills in English (written and oral).
Nice to Haves:
- Experience sourcing Machine Learning engineers or related roles within the AI industry.
What We Have to Offer:
- Free snacks, drinks, lunches and dinners daily
- Commuter benefits
- Collegial atmosphere
- Direct and transparent communication style
- Empowered to be the best you can be
- Innovative environment
- Work with global AI Leaders
- Be part of a great cause to improve lives everywhere through artificial intelligence
At AI Fund, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
Data EngineerMedellín, Antioquia
The Data Engineer will work with our engineering team to execute on our first several Proof of Concepts to create timely, fuel-efficient routes for ships. You will be working closely with the team to quickly execute and iterate on the product vision You will play an integral role at a company at the forefront of bringing AI to the maritime shipping, the industry enabling our global economy.
Performance Objectives
API and data pipeline. You will be responsible for integrating the product with a weather API in order to estimate routes. You will build out the data pipeline, ensuring we can make route suggestions prior to a voyage by incorporating the latest sensor information from a ship as well as weather projections from the API. You will also incorporate data streams from the ship, market, and in order to make dynamic adjustments while the ship is on its route.
Integration and information development. You will be responsible for technically integrating the product into our partners’ operations as necessary. This could include ensuring the product interoperates with related fuel-saving products or building dashboards to convey information in a comprehensible way to stakeholders. Over time, this integration will become more complex and may include exploring integration of the algorithm into ECDIS, the vessel’s central console, as the product moves from on-shore to on-ship.
Support development of AI and simulation model. In addition to Python proficiency and a demonstrable ability to write and maintain medium-sized software codebases, you will be responsible for working with the lead MLE to apply specific technologies (anomaly detection, supervised learning, CNN/RNN architectures, preprocessing steps, what type of data and labels to collect) in accordance with the design of the overall AI system architecture. Once some parts of a playbook for analyzing and integrating a customer’s data, you may take the lead in applying it the system to new vessels and routes. Strong communication skills. You are expected to be able to communicate engineering efforts and issues to the engineering lead (and oftentimes, the business lead) and work with them to help address the partner/customer needs. You should have strong technical and non-technical communication skills and display an ability to convey complex technical topics to non-technical people without an engineering background. You will likely join meetings with our partners and correspond with their engineering teams, and may also travel to our partner offices to help with implementation.
(Bonus) Experience with naval architecture or mechanical engineering basics. Understanding the physical nature and operations of the ship and its engine may be critical to estimating its performance under a variety of circumstances. Our customers want to see that we are integrating naval architecture concepts in our engineering work, something that will also help with explainability. Experience with mechanical concepts will make this aspect easier to learn.
We hope you’ll fit into our culture:
- Strong work ethic: All of us believe in our work’s ability to change human lives, and consequently work not just smart, but also hard.
- Growth mindset: We are eager to teach you new skills and invest in your continual development. But learning is hard work, so this is something we hope you’ll want to do.
- Good team member: We care and watch out for each other. We’re humble individually and go after big goals together.
- Flexibility: You should be flexible in your tasks and do whatever is needed.
This is a full-time position based in Medellín, Colombia.
Data Engineer, ShippingPalo Alto, CA
Dogpatch Shipping is an early-stage startup at the forefront of bringing AI to the maritime shipping industry. This is a trillion dollar industry that moves 90% of the goods we interact with on a daily basis, but has traditionally lagged far behind other industries in adopting new technologies. At Dogpatch Shipping, we’re changing that. We’re building an AI-enabled product that solves the shipping industry’s biggest pain point and we already have some of the world’s biggest shippers as our partners.
We are currently looking for an exceptionally talented Data Engineer to add to our small team. This person will be responsible for leading our Data Engineering efforts in addition to guiding our initial Dev Ops efforts and contributing to the team’s Machine Learning model development.
Since this person will be joining an early-stage startup at the ground level they’ll need to be able to wear multiple hats and thrive while working in a dynamic environment.
Primary responsibilities:
- Assess data quality coming from our partners, develop a data quality framework and work with our partners to optimize data quality moving forward
- Architect, develop and optimize ongoing ETL pipelines for that data. These pipelines must be built to support scale
- Help develop and validate complex machine learning models
- Design and implement overall data security strategy for Dogpatch Shipping Mentor/support other technical staff on data modeling and ETL related issues
- Effectively communicate data strategy with a wide range of stakeholders
- Help interview candidates and further build out the team
What You Must Bring:
- Must Haves:
- 3+ years of experience with data warehouse technical architecture
- 3+ years of experience with Python, Spark, ETL/Data engineering, Docker/Kubernetes, automation/devops in AWS
- S3, EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, EKS, Sagemaker experience
- Experience setting up security for Redshift, S3, and EC2
- Basic knowledge in machine learning model development
- Entrepreneurial grit - You are ready to roll up your sleeves and willing to be scrappy in order to carry out plans under time and resource constraints
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or software engineering
- Nice to Haves:
- Experience with data visualization tools such as TableauKnowledge of the shipping industry or experience with logistics products
What We Have to Offer:
- Free snacks, drinks, lunches and dinners daily
- 401(k) plan
- Untracked PTO including a week off between Christmas and New Year’s
- Variety of medical, dental and vision coverage to choose from
- Collegial atmosphere
- Direct and transparent communication styleInnovative environment
- Work with global AI Leaders
- Be part of a great cause to improve lives everywhere through artificial intelligence
This is a full-time position based in Palo Alto, California. You must already have, or be able to obtain, authorization to work in the United States.
Data ScientistMedellín, Antioquia
Artificial intelligence is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same and will improve human life. AI Fund is a new Artificial Intelligence organization that will focus on building transformative AI companies from the ground up. This is a chance for you to get in on the ground floor of an exciting AI organization.
Our team is growing fast, and we are looking for strong engineers to develop new educational and recruiting products around Artificial Intelligence. In this role, you will work alongside other engineers as well as product managers, to create Machine Learning assessments and extract meaningful data about our new products.
Here’s what you will do:
- Create high-quality machine learning, deep learning, software engineering and algorithm questions for our automated assessments.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of our educational and assessment content with data science methods.
- Design business intelligence reports.
- Work with the full-stack software engineers to build efficient data pipelines and continuous data reporting.
- Build anti-cheating and adaptive models for our assessments.
- Interview candidates and validate their skillset.
Here’s the background you must have:
- Machine learning. You should be able to understand major machine learning methods. Completion of Andrew Ng’s Machine Learning course on Coursera is sufficient to meet this criteria.
- Deep learning. You should be able to understand major deep learning methods. Completion of the deeplearning.ai specialization is sufficient to meet this criteria.
- Mathematics (including probabilities and statistics.) You should be able to use mathematical notation and linear algebra (matrix/vector operations, dot products, etc.), and understand basic probability theory (distributions, independence, density functions, etc.) as well as statistics (mean, variance, median, quantiles, co-variance, etc.)
- Implementation. You should have prior experience taking a dataset, cleaning it if necessary, analyzing it statistically and applying a learning algorithm to it to get a result.
- Bilingual. Strong written and oral communication in English.
The following would also be helpful, but isn't required:
- A degree in CS or equivalent work experience.
- Software engineering experience such as working with relational databases, APIs, and building the back-end of web or mobile applications is helpful, but not required.
- Experience with educational best practices and educational research, specially with assessments, is a big plus.
What you get working with us
- Being part of a world-class technical team working alongside with offices in different parts of the world.
- The opportunity to consolidate a quickly growing startup.
- Access to state of the art infrastructure and technology.
- Our company is compromised with the professional growth of our team. By working with us, you will have access to top-level training, weekly technical reading groups lead by Andrew Ng and other senior engineers, and the opportunity to try high impact ideas.
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture:
- Strong work ethic. All of us believe in our work’s ability to change human lives, and consequently work not just smart, but also hard.
- Growth mindset. We are eager to teach you new skills and invest in your continual development. But learning is hard work, so this is something we hope you’ll want to do.
- Good team member. We care and watch out for each other. We’re humble individually and go after big goals together.
- Flexibility. You should be flexible in your tasks and do whatever is needed, ranging from lower-level tasks like scheduling to high level recruiting strategy.
This is a full-time position based in Medellin, Colombia.
Full Stack EngineerMedellín, Antioquia
AI is the new electricity. Millions of AI engineers will be required to transform industries with artificial intelligence and we’re building the education platform to train them. deeplearning.ai wants to provide a world-class education to people around the globe so that we can all benefit from an AI-powered future.
deeplearning.ai is looking for a Full Stack Engineer with strong computer science fundamentals with a passion for improving learner's experiences. The ideal candidate will thrive in an early development stage of a leading educational environment focusing on Machine Learning related topics.
As a Full Stack Engineer you will be responsible for building and delivering high quality infrastructure and support to the technical content deeplearning.ai is providing. Our team is growing fast, and we are looking for a strong engineer to develop our educational products. In this role, you will work alongside a team of talented content creators as well as our outside partners, to build various layers of the infrastructure of world renowned AI driven education.
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Develop a learner-centered design, (for both backend and frontend) ensuring reliability and scalability to deliver the best experience for the deeplearning.ai learner.
- Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness and scalability of the developed application
- Design and develop internal tools to help our teams iterate quickly.
- Maintain a high-quality code base.
- Help develop backend infrastructure for grading tools and network training.
- Design UI interface and interaction flow of the learner-centered design.
- Evaluate usability and visual consistency of existing designs
- Tackle complex user interaction problems and build simple, logical, and effective solutions
Here are the skills you should have:
- Broad and solid CS foundation knowledge, including data structures & algorithms, OS, Computer Networks and databases
- 3+ years of software developmentProficiency in Python and NodeJS, React
- 3+ years of experience with general backend (Linux, Databases: Sequel, Application servers) and cloud infrastructure
- Proficient in AWS (ec2, VPC, batch, lambda, cloudwatch
- Familiarity with Dockers and Jupyter Notebook
- Strong ability to convert ideas to running code.
The following would also be helpful, but isn't required:
- Machine Learning knowledge
- Familiarity with Serverless Computing
- Bachelor degree in CS or related technical field
By working with us you will:
- Be a part of a world-class technical team working alongside with offices in different parts of the world.
- Have the opportunity to consolidate a quickly growing startup.
- Have access to state of the art infrastructure and technology.
- Have access to top-level training, weekly technical reading groups lead by Andrew Ng and other senior engineers, and the opportunity to try high impact ideas.
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture:
- Strong work ethic: All of us believe in our work’s ability to change human lives. Consequently we work not just smart, but also hard.
- Growth mindset: We are eager to teach you new skills and invest in your continual development.
- But learning is hard work, so this is something we hope you’ll want to do.
- Good team member: We care and watch out for each other. We’re humble individually, and go after big goals together.
- Flexibility: You should be flexible in your tasks and do whatever is needed, ranging from lower-level tasks such as coordinating complicated schedules, to high-level work such as thinking through corporate strategy.
- This is a full-time position based in Medellin, Colombia.
Full Stack Software EngineerMedellín, Antioquia
AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries 100 years ago, AI is now posed to do the same. The AI Fund is building companies that will use AI to transform every type of industry, and improve human life. We are building a new healthcare startup under Andrew Ng. This is your chance to break into AI and join an exciting, early stage startup.
You will build an AI-powered software system to deliver valuable services to a diverse set of users.
We’re looking for candidates with strong computer science fundamentals with a passion for improving people’s health and wellness. The ideal candidate will thrive in an early stage startup, resonate with our vision that AI will transform the way we live, and commit to building a bright future together.
As a Full Stack Engineer, you will be responsible for building and delivering high quality AI-powered solutions to our users in a fast-paced startup environment. You’ll work with a team of talented domain experts and engineers to develop a novel product powered by AI.
Here’s what you will do:
- Build and deliver high quality full stack, AI-powered application. You’ll work collaboratively to build both frontend (mobile and web) and backend applications, improve productivity in our development cycle, and develop internal tools for analytics and A/B testing. You will learn and apply full stack software development skills, including frontend / UI, backend business logic and data management, machine learning model training, and cloud deployment. You will be immersed in a highly dynamic and agile development environment.
- Ensure reliable, scalable systems to deliver the best experience for users. We obsess over user experience. This is your chance to learn to build a reliable, scalable system from the ground up. You will learn and apply your full stack software development skills to establish effective monitoring tools, develop automated test suites for unit, functional, integration, load, and failure testing.
Background and skills we look for:
- Bachelor degree is required in C.S or related technical field. Advanced degree is preferred.
- Broad and solid CS foundation knowledge, including data structures & algorithms, OS, Computer Networks, databases.
- Strong ability to convert ideas to running code. You should feel that communicating through programming is as natural as speaking your first language.
- Proficiency in at least one compiled language and one script language.
- Basic software pattern design. Your code should be easy to extend and scale.
- Experience in mobile and/or web application development.
- Good communication skills. You should feel comfortable having in-depth technical discussions with your team and clients.
- [Optional] Experience in setting up and using databases, SQL, NoSQL, etc.
- [Optional] Experience in cloud deployment and Linux based server environments.
The ideal candidate will fit well in our startup culture, if s/he:
- Intense passion for startup culture.
- Can-do attitude.
- Growth mindset to constantly improve and learn.
- Focused on results.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- A great team player.
- Able to work under time constraints and manage workloads effectively.
- Has an eye for detail.
- Highly self-motivated and well organized.
- Fast learner with ability to grasp technical concepts quickly.
- (Bonus) Highly creative, imaginative, and curious.
- (Bonus) Sound business judgment.
- (Bonus) Motivates and mentors others.
This is a full-time position based in Medellin, Colombia.
General ManagerMedellín, Antioquia
Artificial intelligence is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same and will improve human life. AI Fund Colombia, an office of the AI Fund, is a new Artificial Intelligence organization that will focus on building transformative AI companies from the ground up. This is a chance for you to get in on the ground floor of an exciting AI organization.
We are looking for a General Manager with senior tech lead experience to be our on the ground lead for this office. In this role, you will drive our machine learning processes and drive the team’s development of new products. You will manage a team of engineers and operations specialists. You will also be the head of the entire AI Fund Colombia team and will coordinate building top-notch AI startups in multiple verticals. This role reports directly to AI Fund leadership in Palo Alto.
Here’s what you will do:
- Lead the build up of the AI Fund Colombia team. You’ll serve as head of the AI Fund Colombia office, overseeing all office operations. You’ll also lead our global recruiting efforts to build up the engineering team in Colombia, including being the public face of the office. You’ll be the steward of the office culture as the overall leader of the organization.
- Drive overall company strategy and culture. You’ll set prioritization for the office and ensure that things move forward day-to-day. The goal will be to establish an environment that is fast moving and effective. You’ll also work in coordination with the AI Fund US office on key initiatives.
- Mentor and manage the engineers to make AI Fund Colombia a world class place to develop. You’ll be a mentor to a group of strong, junior and intermediate engineers. You will be responsible for spreading knowledge to the team, including helping them develop insights for application design and iteration, and develop best debugging practices. And you’ll help lead the team towards better standards and practices for engineering projects.
- Join AI Fund’s global leadership team. You’ll be a member of AI Fund’s leadership team, and assist with overall AI Fund oversight and direction setting.
Here’s the background we’d like you to have:
- Strong experience leading software engineering teams.
- Able to launch and lead new software projects in a multi-disciplinary environment.
- Strong coding ability--you must be able to write clean, modular, efficient code.
- Prior experience building machine learning projects.
- An advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field is a plus.
Principles We Live By:
- Prioritize::Identify your most important tasks for moving the fund forward, and focus on them. Make sure you can stack rank according to priority, communicate out your priorities, and say “no” or “not now” appropriately to low priority items.
- Execute fast: Move quickly. Set ambitious but realistic deadlines, communicate them out, and stick to it. Don’t take two days to do what can be done in one day, nor two months to do what can be done in one. Startups live or die by their ability to execute, pivot, and grow faster than anyone else.
- Work hard: Startups are a lot of work to build. A core advantage startups have over established companies is that they are willing to work much harder, and so can do much more. Lean in and do the work needed to give them the best chance of success.
- Own the outcome: Raise all fund-related issues directly. Propose solutions to any issue, including higher-level problems that are “outside your job scope.” We’re a small team and you are empowered to try to make anything better.
- Be helpful: Leverage your team’s expertise and be generous in helping others in our ecosystem of companies. Let others help you too, and state your needs clearly to empower others to assist you.
- Keep improving: Be receptive and welcome feedback. Keep looking for opportunities to learn. Keep investing in learning. Set high standards and reach for them.
Lacuna MLSchool - Chief Executive OfficerPalo Alto, CA
AI has the potential to transform every industry and change our world. We will have an exponential need for AI talents from all walks of life to build, test and deploy new AI systems.
MLSchool is a seed-stage startup building a new type of Machine Learning teams by providing effective and practical educational resources in Latin America.
We are looking for an exceptional CEO to own the end-to-end success of this company.
Here’s what you will do:
- Set vision of the company and define the strategy to scale
- Develop and maintain foundational business partnerships
- Oversee day-to-day operations in the U.S. and in Latin America
- Hire and retain exceptional talent to grow the team
Here’s the background we’d like you to have:
- Entrepreneurial grit - you are a visionary startup executive who has taken projects from 0 to 1 and beyond. You are ready to roll up your sleeves and willing to be scrappy in order to carry out plans under time and resource constraints
- Leadership - you are a leader and a team player, who can collaborate with teams from a different culture and in different geographies. You can align resources to achieve key business priorities
- Business development skills - you are a strong communicator and are able to sell to early partners and customers. You are also a great listener, who can discover unserved market demand
- Passion for AI education - we are excited to make an impact by bringing quality AI education to a broader audience, and we hope you share our passion
Bonus if:
- You’ve been a founder or have led a team of 10+ people
- Basic literacy on artificial intelligence and machine learning
- You speak Spanish or have ties to Latin America
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture:
- Prioritize Identify your most important tasks for moving the fund forward, and focus on them. Make sure you can stack rank according to priority, communicate out your priorities, and say “no” or “not now” appropriately to low priority items.
- Execute fast Move quickly. Set ambitious but realistic deadlines, communicate them out, and stick to it. Don’t take two days to do what can be done in one day, nor two months to do what can be done in one. Startups live or die by their ability to execute, pivot, and grow faster than anyone else.
- Work hard Startups are a lot of work to build. A core advantage startups have over established companies is that they are willing to work much harder, and so can do much more. Lean in and do the work needed to give them the best chance of success.
- Own the outcome Raise all fund-related issues directly. Propose solutions to any issue, including higher-level problems that are “outside your job scope.” We’re a small team and you are empowered to try to make anything better.
- Be helpful Leverage your team’s expertise and be generous in helping others in our ecosystem of companies. Let others help you too, and state your needs clearly to empower others to assist you.
- Keep improving Be receptive and welcome feedback. Keep looking for opportunities to learn. Keep investing in learning. Set high standards and reach for them.
What We Have to Offer:
- Free snacks, drinks, lunches and dinners daily
- 401(k) plan with match and immediate vesting after 6 months
- Untracked PTO including a week off between Christmas and New Year’s
- Variety of medical, dental and vision coverage to choose from
- Monthly education budget
- Commuter benefits
- Collegial atmosphere
- Direct and transparent communication style
- Empowered to be the best you can beInnovative environment
- Work with global AI Leaders
- Be part of a great cause to improve lives everywhere through artificial intelligence
At AI Fund, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
This is a full-time position based in Palo Alto, California. You must already have, or be able to obtain, authorization to work in the United States.
Senior RecruiterPalo Alto, CA
AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same. AI Fund is a startup studio building new AI companies from the ground up. Our companies bridge AI technology and applications, focusing on industries and problems that we believe move the world forward. Founded by Dr. Andrew Ng, our team merges a deep understanding of AI technology with a proven ability to start new ventures. We have a unique business model that prepares founding members of a portfolio company with technical validation of the idea, experienced back office operational support and our team’s AI know how as well as connections within the AI community. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get in on the ground floor of an exciting AI Venture Firm and through it, grow its portfolio.
Here is what you will do
- You’ll be the first point of contact to help AI Fund identify and reach out to qualified candidates. You’ll play a key role in making sure we are consistently finding strong candidates, often from unexpected places.
- You’ll coordinate and monitor the full interview process. You’ll manage our candidate tracking system, and assist hiring managers in setting up and running their searches to a successful conclusion and ensuring a superior candidate experience.
- You’ll work with stakeholders at AI Fund to understand their hiring needs, and design searches to meet those needs. This will mean working with a large pool of candidates and being comfortable creating a process to place them in a wide variety of positions.
- You’ll develop relationships with candidates to understand their motivation and career goals. You’ll explain the company’s mission and cultural values, and how it fits with where they would like to go with their career.
- You’ll help develop sourcing and recruiting tactics to suit the unique needs of AI Fund's growing team, and be responsible for bringing in strong candidates for both full-time and contract hires.
- You’ll generate robust candidate pipeline for executive (and some non-executive) roles through disciplined, measured, and customized outreach strategies including personal network, events, LinkedIn/Github/Quora, social media, blogs, research, and on-campus events where appropriate.
Here are the skills you should have:
- Ability to network or already have a strong network of people to source from.
- Experience in turning all of your contacts into recruiters to help you source.
- Excellent interpersonal ability; strong communications and relationship skills.
- Operational excellence. We expect you to be able to manage an efficient recruiting process - scheduling, interviews, offers - for multiple candidates simultaneously and constantly identify ways to improve the candidate experience.
- Creativity. We do things a little differently in our recruiting programs. We hope you can step away from the day-to-day, see the bigger picture, and help us develop innovative programs to improve our recruiting practice.
- Attention to detail and multi-tasking. You’ll be juggling a lot of important projects at once. It will be important both drive them forward quickly and to pay attention to the details so balls don’t get dropped.
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, including Lever, is a plus.
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture. AI Fund team members:
- Prioritize: Identify your most important tasks for moving the fund forward, and focus on them. Make sure you can stack rank according to priority, communicate out your priorities, and say “no” or “not now” appropriately to low priority items.
- Execute fast: Move quickly. Set ambitious but realistic deadlines, communicate them out, and stick to it. Don’t take two days to do what can be done in one day, nor two months to do what can be done in one. Startups live or die by their ability to execute, pivot, and grow faster than anyone else.
- Work hard: Startups are a lot of work to build. A core advantage startups have over established companies is that they are willing to work much harder, and so can do much more. Lean in and do the work needed to give them the best chance of success.
- Own the outcome: Raise all fund-related issues directly. Propose solutions to any issue, including higher-level problems that are “outside your job scope.” We’re a small team and you are empowered to try to make anything better.
- Be helpful: Leverage your team’s expertise and be generous in helping others in our ecosystem of companies. Let others help you too, and state your needs clearly to empower others to assist you.
- Keep improving: Be receptive and welcome feedback. Keep looking for opportunities to learn. Keep investing in learning. Set high standards and reach for them.
What We Have to Offer:
- Free snacks, drinks, lunches and dinners daily
- 401(k) plan with match and immediate vesting after 6 months
- Untracked PTO including a week off between Christmas and New Year’s
- Variety of medical, dental and vision coverage to choose from
- Monthly education budget
- Commuter benefits
- Collegial atmosphere
- Direct and transparent communication style
- Empowered to be the best you can be
- Innovative environment
- Work with global AI Leaders
- Be part of a great cause to improve lives everywhere through artificial intelligence
At AI Fund, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
TalkTime - Chief Executive OfficerPalo Alto, CA
AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same. AI Fund is a startup studio building new AI companies from the ground up. Our companies bridge AI technology and applications, focusing on industries and problems that we believe move the world forward. Founded by Dr. Andrew Ng, our team merges a deep understanding of AI technology with a proven ability to start new ventures. We have a unique business model that prepares founding members of a portfolio company with technical validation of the idea, experienced back office operational support and our team’s AI know how as well as connections within the AI community. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get in on the ground floor of an exciting AI Venture Firm and through it, grow its portfolio.
About TalkTime:TalkTime is building an AI powered customer contact software that drives efficiency of contact operations, delighting customers and boosting margin by giving high-quality responses faster.
We hope you will fit well with our team’s culture. AI Fund team members:
- Prioritize Identify your most important tasks for moving the fund forward, and focus on them. Make sure you can stack rank according to priority, communicate out your priorities, and say “no” or “not now” appropriately to low priority items.
- Execute fast Move quickly. Set ambitious but realistic deadlines, communicate them out, and stick to it. Don’t take two days to do what can be done in one day, nor two months to do what can be done in one. Startups live or die by their ability to execute, pivot, and grow faster than anyone else.
- Work hard Startups are a lot of work to build. A core advantage startups have over established companies is that they are willing to work much harder, and so can do much more. Lean in and do the work needed to give them the best chance of success.
- Own the outcome Raise all fund-related issues directly. Propose solutions to any issue, including higher-level problems that are “outside your job scope.” We’re a small team and you are empowered to try to make anything better.
- Be helpful Leverage your team’s expertise and be generous in helping others in our ecosystem of companies. Let others help you too, and state your needs clearly to empower others to assist you.
- Keep improving Be receptive and welcome feedback. Keep looking for opportunities to learn. Keep investing in learning. Set high standards and reach for them.
What You Will be Doing:
- Lead the continued development of the TalkTime product and business at large
- Work closely with the product and eng. Teams on continued ideation, market validation, and deployment of TalkTime’s software.
- Develop an aggressive strategy and well defined growth roadmap that supports Talktime’s vision
- Interface directly with potential customers to deeply understand the market and customer pain points
- Sell. Close enterprise level business deals
- Build and maintain a high performing team and culture
What You Must Bring:
- Startup Experience
- Recent executive or management experience
- Previous product management or engineering leadership experience
- Strong technical background, preferably related to MLExperience with SaaS or enterprise software companies
- Entrepreneurial grit - you are a visionary startup executive who have taken projects from 0 to 1 and beyond. You are ready to roll up your sleeves and willing to be scrappy in order to carry out plans under time and resource constraints
- Leadership - you are a leader and a team player, who can collaborate with teams from different cultures and in different geographies. You can align resources to achieve key business priorities
- Business development skills - you are a strong communicator and are able to sell to early partners and customers. You are also a great listener, who can discover unserved market demand
Nice to Haves
- Enterprise SaaS Experience - a strong plus
- Familiarity with ML based products - a strong plus
What We Have to Offer:
- Free snacks, drinks, lunches and dinners daily
- 401(k) plan with match and immediate vesting after 6 months
- Untracked PTO including a week off between Christmas and New Year’s
- Variety of medical, dental and vision coverage to choose from
- Monthly education budget
- Commuter benefits
- Collegial atmosphere
- Direct and transparent communication style
- Empowered to be the best you can beInnovative environment
- Work with global AI Leaders
- Be part of a great cause to improve lives everywhere through artificial intelligence
At AI Fund, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
This is a full-time position based in Palo Alto, California. You must already have, or be able to obtain, authorization to work in the United States.