Rappo is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer for a contract role. As a founding AI engineer, you will lead the development of production-grade AI systems, focusing on RAG, GraphRAG, and LLM fine-tuning within our high-performance, remote-first startup.
What You'll Do
- Act as a founding engineer with customer-first thinking.
- Work closely with founders, designers, and engineers to ship features.
- Keep the platform aligned with technology and business trends.
- Design and implement scalable AI solutions.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years in AI/ML engineering with production experience.
- Expertise in RAG and GraphRAG architectures.
- Proven experience in fine-tuning LLMs and deep learning models.
- Experience with agent-based systems and memory architectures.
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills.
- Proficiency in Go for backend systems.
- Solid knowledge of AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3).
- Familiarity with vector databases like Pinecone, Weaviate, or Qdrant.
- Understanding of ML operations, model deployment, and monitoring.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Python, PyTorch, Go
- Cloud & Services: AWS (SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3)
- Databases: Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant
Team & Environment
You will work closely with founders, designers, and engineers as part of a small, collaborative team.
Work Mode
This is a global, fully remote contract position open to candidates in India.
Rappo is an equal opportunity employer.

