Applied AI Engineer

About this role

Axle seeks an Applied AI Engineer to build AI-powered features for fleet repair and maintenance operations. You'll own the complete model lifecycle from research through production, working with real-world data like shop-floor audio and repair notes to ship features that directly impact the $160B fleet industry.

What you'll do

• Design, train, and deploy AI features including speech-to-text, entity extraction, and classification models
• Handle messy, domain-specific data from shop floors, unstructured repair notes, and scanned documents
• Integrate AI models into mobile and web products alongside full-stack engineers
• Rapidly experiment with model architectures and fine-tuning strategies to improve accuracy
• Monitor production performance and optimize for accuracy, latency, and cost efficiency
• Prototype new AI capabilities across a customer-approved roadmap

What they're looking for

• 2-5 years applied AI/ML engineering experience
• Strong Python programming
• ML/NLP frameworks proficiency
• Speech-to-text or classification model experience
• Ability to work with unstructured and noisy datasets
• End-to-end project ownership in startup environments
• Mobile or offline-first application experience (bonus)
• Physical/built world AI applications (bonus)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with early-stage equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Generous home-office and equipment budget
• LA Arts District office with frequent team meetups
• High-agency role on a close-knit team with strong customer demand