# Forward Deployed Machine Learning Engineer at Protege

- Company: Protege
- What the company does: Protege is the trusted source for AI-ready, real world data and expertise at every stage of the AI lifecycle. Backed by a16z and CRV.
- Company website: https://withprotege.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-08-05
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/protege/382af06c-df08-425b-9f22-c6975f9936e8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/protege-forward-deployed-machine-learning-engineer/

## About the role

We are building Protege to solve the biggest unmet need in AI — getting access to the right training data. The process today is time intensive, incredibly expensive, and often ends in failure. The Protege platform facilitates the secure, efficient, and privacy-centric exchange of AI training data.

## What they're looking for

- • 4+ years of engineering experience
- • Hands-on ML work evaluating models
- • Have previously owned backend and infrastructure
- • High ambiguity tolerance and bias to action
- • Comfort working with urgency to meet the pace and volume of the market demands
- • Strong written communication

Tags: Engineering