(PHD) Applied Machine Learning Engineer

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
170K-200K Annually
Internship
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Sales • Software
The Role
The Applied Machine Learning Engineer will build end-to-end ML pipelines, extract insights from data, and optimize systems, primarily using Python and SQL.
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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:

  • 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

  • A doctorate 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 on all aspects of the business.

  • A zero bureaucracy environment. We believe in moving extremely fast and making bold decisions without red tape.

  • Solve real-world problems that matter and work directly with interesting founders in their journey as they improve the infrastructure our government relies on at every level.

  • Working with great people with a diversity of thought, an eagerness to learn, a boldness to challenge the status quo, and a deep care for the work we put out. If you align with us here, we strive to shape the working environment as such.


Benefits:

  • Competitive salary + early-stage equity 💰

  • Unlimited PTO ✈️

  • High-quality health insurance, dental & vision coverage 🏥

  • Company provided lunches (Mon - Thur) 🍜


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.

Top Skills

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Python
SQL
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
16 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

NationGraph is transforming public sector sales by unlocking a single source of truth for every government purchase decision. We empower sales teams with real-time insights—covering purchase orders, meeting minutes, procurement rules, and more—so they can bypass endless spreadsheets and focus on building genuine relationships. We provide: Actionable Data: Access organized insights into purchase orders, decision-maker signals, and contract timelines in one platform. Proactive Workflows: Get automated alerts when key events, like RFP releases or upcoming renewals, occur—cutting weeks off your prospecting cycle. Deep Context: Leverage parsed meeting minutes and regulatory insights to understand the “who, what, when, where, and why” behind every transaction. NationGraph is on a mission to make public sector sales more transparent and efficient. We’re here to decode the chaos, empowering you to seize opportunities that others miss. We are backed by public-sector investing veterans like XYZ Venture Capital who have backed industry leaders such as Anduril, Apex Space, and Verkada—along with Reach Capital, Go Global Ventures, and angel investors who have founded and build iconic companies like OpenGov and Clever. Join us as transform how government data is accessed and used and help reshape how the public sector connects with the vendors Learn more or schedule a demo at NationGraph.com We're also hiring exceptional talent in engineering, data science, AI & ML, and go-to-market.

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