Applied Machine Learning Engineer
About NationGraph
NationGraph is making public sector data accessible and actionable for businesses selling to cities, counties, state agencies, schools, and special districts. NationGraph’s data and intelligence engine provides buying signals derived from millions of public sector sources. Founded in 2024, NationGraph is dedicated to making uncommon knowledge common, because public data should actually be public. Learn more at nationgraph.com
You’ll Join A Team That:
Has successfully built, scaled, and sold companies in the past.
Built software infrastructure processing billions of dollars in transactions.
Is backed by world-class VCs and operating partners who’ve invested in, and built, iconic companies.
About The Role:
We are building out a team of applied machine learning engineers in San Francisco to expand the core engine that powers NationGraph’s intelligence. You’ll help to scale the breadth of data we collect and advance how our models understand and organize real-world information.
What You’ll Do:
Build and productionize end-to-end ML pipelines.
Mine data from the web through large-scale crawling and scraping to power our models and insights.
Transform unstructured text data into structured knowledge with NLP, entity recognition, and custom models.
Build and improve text classification models to organize complex data.
Optimize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems used in our product.
Drive our data strategy by identifying new data sources.
Solve open-ended technical problems, teaching, learning, and iterating with the team.
Work primarily in Python and SQL.
What You’ll Need:
A quantitative background (e.g., computer science, physics, math, or engineering)
A strong mathematical and statistical foundation
3+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning systems in production, or an advanced degree in a quantitative field
Proficiency in Python
A strong sense of ownership and ability to work on open-ended technical problems to drive commercial impact
A passion for learning and growth, and for uncovering insights in complex data
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment
What You’ll Get From Us:
Founder‑level exposure. Work closely with the CEO/CTO and Head of AI/ML.
Zero bureaucracy. We move fast and make bold decisions without red tape.
See impact end‑to‑end. Ship 0→1 features that become a business and improve the infrastructure our government relies on.
A team that values diversity of thought, eagerness to learn, boldness to challenge the status quo, and deep care for the craft.
Compensation:
Competitive salary + early-stage equity 💰
Unlimited PTO ✈️
High-quality health insurance, dental & vision coverage 🏥
Company provided lunches 🍜
We believe in-person work is our default.
We’re building a team of people who desires to work side-by-side and shape the culture of a growing company. In our experiences, some of the best ideas come from being in the room, feeling the pain, hearing the nuance, and catching the details that are easy to miss.
At the same time, we’re flexible and supportive when working-from-home is needed to maintain a healthy, balanced work environment.