# Software Engineer: ML Optimization at Generalist AI

- Company: Generalist AI
- What the company does: Backed by Norwest and USV.
- Company website: https://generalistai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area (San Mateo) or Boston (Somerville)
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $260K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/generalist/2837706a-640c-41dc-a061-b17c6acea971
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/generalist-ai-software-engineer-ml-optimization/

## About the role

We internally call this team MBMB (More Big More Better). You will own optimizations on both the training and on-robot inference stacks. We are still in a regime of step-function, not incremental, gains. Are proficient and stay current with the latest ML techniques for training and inference optimizations in transformer and diffusion based architectures

Tags: Technical Staff