Founding AI/ML Engineer, FreightHero.ai Full-time

Who is AI Fund:

AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same. AI Fund is an early stage venture studio founded by Dr. Andrew Ng in 2017. Our portfolio companies utilize AI technology and applications to improve processes and efficiency. The AI Fund team combines their experiences as AI pioneers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, and operators. We are backed by more than $176 million-dollar fund from top-tier institutional investors.

Together, let’s build great companies that will move humanity forward.

Who is Dynamo? Why Partner With Us:

We’ve been there. We’ve founded and scaled successful companies ourselves in the supply chain space and AI space, and we know that creating meaningful startups is really hard. Many entrepreneurs toil with ideas for years. Many spend time building something without the foresight of limiting factors that could have been easily dismissed upfront. Accomplished execs often teeter between a desire to start a company and creating something great versus taking a job that is less fulfilling. If only someone could help with taking the risk out of turning an idea into reality and accelerate the company building process, more people would be inspired to start a company.

Coming up with great ideas, sussing them out, assembling great teams, and helping raise capital is what we do. We shorten a process that can take years down to months. We make sure you are going after the right market, are fully validated, and are surrounded by great teammates.

By partnering with us, you get the benefit of co-founding with two of the best pre-seed investors within their respective domains: AI Fund in AI and Dynamo Ventures in Supply Chain.

This includes:

-Hands-on company building support and playbook from AI Fund and Dynamo Ventures

-Deep technical expertise to de-risk AI product development

-Deep domain expertise and customer introductions within the supply chain space

-Investment capital and credibility from leaders within their domains

In summary, the combination of AI Fund’s deep AI and incubation expertise, along with Dynamo’s industry knowledge and established relationships, provides you with a significant advantage at this early stage.

What We Seek:

We are looking for a Founding AI/ML Engineer to define and execute FreightHero’s technology strategy, building an AI-powered platform that revolutionizes freight brokerage operations. You will work closely with the CEO to design and develop a proprietary solution that automates and optimizes back-office processes, improving efficiency and scalability. With the freedom to define the tech stack and build your dream team of experts in AI, full-stack engineering, and logistics technology, this role offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation and lead in a rapidly evolving industry.

About FreightHero:

The freight brokerage industry has exploded in recent years, growing from a mere 6% to over 20% of US truck freight in just a decade, now valued at $21 billion. Freight brokers typically allocate up to 90% of their time to operational back-office tasks, leaving only 10% for revenue-generating activities (depending on the business model). By combining AI with human oversight, we can streamline these back-office processes, driving significant operational efficiencies. The industry’s profit margins have recently contracted from 20% to 5%, underscoring the critical need for cost reduction. We believe that the perfect storm of industry challenges and AI maturity presents a venture scale opportunity to revolutionize the freight brokerage sector and the broader freight/supply chain industry.

What You Will Be Doing

• Define and Build the Tech Vision – Architect and develop FreightHero’s AI-driven platform, leveraging LLMs and agentic workflows to automate and optimize freight brokerage operations.
• Lead AI-Powered Innovation – Design and implement AI-driven automation for back-office processes, utilizing cutting-edge natural language processing (NLP) and autonomous agent-based systems to streamline workflows.
• Develop Scalable Systems – Build robust, scalable, and efficient cloud-based infrastructure capable of handling complex freight logistics data and integrations with industry platforms.
• Own the Full Tech Stack – Select the best technologies, frameworks, and tools to bring the product vision to life, ensuring performance, security, and reliability.
• Recruit and Lead a World-Class Engineering Team – Assemble and mentor a high-performing team of AI/ML engineers, full-stack developers, and logistics tech specialists.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally – Work closely with the CEO, operations team, and industry experts to align technology development with business goals and user needs.
• Optimize AI Agent Workflows – Design and refine autonomous multi-agent systems to enhance decision-making, task execution, and process automation in freight brokerage.
• Ensure Seamless Integrations – Develop APIs and integrations with third-party logistics platforms, freight marketplaces, and operational tools to create a frictionless experience.
• Stay at the Forefront of AI and Freight Tech – Continuously evaluate emerging AI advancements and industry trends to maintain FreightHero’s competitive edge.

What You Must Bring

• Entrepreneurial Experience – Previous experience as a co-founder, founding engineer, or early-stage technical leader in a VC-backed startup.
• Zero-to-One Product Development – Proven ability to take concepts from ideation to MVP and scale, particularly in AI-driven SaaS or automation-heavy platforms.
• AI/ML Expertise – Strong experience with LLMs, agentic workflows, and AI-driven automation, with a focus on optimizing operational efficiency.
• Logistics & Data Systems – Expertise in building secure, scalable multi-user platforms that integrate with freight brokerage systems, TMS (Transportation Management Systems), and industry APIs.
• Optimization & Automation – Knowledge of AI-powered decision-making, and workflow automation to streamline freight brokerage operations.
• Technical Leadership – Proven success in hiring, mentoring, and leading high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced startup environments.
• System Architecture & Scalability – Experience designing robust, cloud-based architectures capable of handling large-scale logistics data and integrations.
• Industry Knowledge – Familiarity with freight, supply chain, and logistics technology is a plus, but not required. A strong ability to learn and adapt quickly is essential.
• Location – open to LatAm

Characteristics We Value

• Accountability: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions while doing so with the highest regard for integrity
• Leadership: able to influence others to follow you and lead the team to a brighter future
• Grit: able to stick with projects and work hard through good and bad times. High pain tolerance and can perform well under stress or pressure
• Scrappy: Takes initiative and proactively gets things done with low resources, but doing creative things, begging, borrowing, and whatever is needed in an ambiguous environment or situation
• Ownership orientation: Demonstrated orientation of extreme ownership over all aspects of the company and extremely results-driven in nature

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. AI Fund believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.