Machine Learning Engineer
$200,000+ Offers For Graduates $200,000+ Offers For Graduates 

3 weeks remote, 7 weeks onsite in Austin, TX
80–100 hours/week for 10 weeks
Short-term contract
Hybrid location
full-time (90 hrs/week)

Machine Learning Engineer   $200,000+ Offers For Graduates $200,000+ Offers For Graduates 

Description

Gauntlet is a selective, fully funded 10-week fellowship for seasoned engineers seeking to advance their careers by demonstrating their ability to build and deploy production-quality AI systems under authentic time constraints. Participants deliver working systems weekly, collaborate with seasoned practitioners, and gain firsthand access to CTOs, founders, and partner companies.

Fellows from our latest cohort earned 300+ first-round interviews across our hiring partner ecosystem. Our objective is for every graduate to obtain offers from partners within our network, with baseline compensation beginning at $200,000.

The fellowship spans 10 weeks: an initial 3-week remote phase, then 7 weeks onsite in Austin, Texas. Participants should anticipate an intensive time commitment (80–100 hours per week) structured to optimize learning velocity, performance signaling, and professional advancement.

Expected Outcomes:

  • 10+ AI applications deployed live throughout the fellowship
  • Ongoing access to Gauntlet's alumni and hiring partner networks
  • Program graduates receive job offers of $200,000 or more from hiring partners

If you ship quickly, perform under constraint, and prefer your work — not credentials — to shape your next opportunity, apply today.

What you will be doing

  • Deliver production-ready AI systems each week under firm deadlines
  • Develop using contemporary AI-native patterns (agents, tool integration, evaluation frameworks, retrieval systems, deployment pipelines)
  • Work and compete alongside elite engineering peers in a high-feedback, fast-iteration setting
  • Showcase your builds directly to founders, CTOs, and partner decision-makers
  • Convert live project briefs into scoped, dependable, shippable solutions

What you will NOT be doing

  • Spending multiple weeks on theory, tutorials, or passive study without deployment
  • Creating demos that remain unused or unevaluated by real audiences
  • Refining resumes and portfolio presentations rather than constructing and releasing functional systems
  • Attending extended lecture series and coursework before engaging with actual codebases

Key responsibilities

Build and deploy production-grade AI applications on a weekly cadence, transforming demonstrated engineering capability into $200K+ career opportunities via Gauntlet's hiring partner ecosystem.

Candidate requirements

  • 3+ years of professional engineering experience (or demonstrable equivalent capability)
  • Have independently designed, built, and deployed at least one functional software system to production or live users
  • High receptiveness to feedback and exceptional execution intensity
  • Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship
  • Able to commit to 80–100 hour work weeks and relocate to Austin for 7 weeks

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What you will learn

Phase 1: Remote (Weeks 1–3) — Foundations in AI-First Engineering

  • Modern AI-driven development workflows (coding agents, MCP, real-time collaborative tooling)
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, and vector database implementation
  • Accelerated project cycles centered on shipping within tight constraints

Phase 2: Onsite in Austin (Weeks 4–10) — Production-Grade AI at Scale

  • Agent architectures, evaluation frameworks, verification, and observability tooling (LangChain/LangSmith/LangFuse/CrewAI)
  • Enterprise-level delivery standards: quality assurance, reliability engineering, and high-rigor execution
  • Fine-tuning and deployment strategies (LoRA/QLoRA + production-ready integration)
  • Multi-agent refactoring and modernization of existing production codebases
  • Multimodal AI development (image/video/voice modalities) and scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure)

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