Fermi is an early-stage AI tutoring startup, an initiative of Meraki Labs, dedicated to revolutionizing education globally. Our mission is to democratize world-class tutoring by making it accessible to every student through advanced AI. We are a dynamic and lean team of educators, designers, and engineers, united by a strong conviction that thoughtful design and cutting-edge AI can profoundly transform the learning experience.
Led by experienced founders, including Mukesh Bansal (Founder – Myntra, CureFit, Nurix) and Peeyush Ranjan (VP-Google, CTO-Flipkart, Airbnb), we are building a product that aims to reshape how millions of students learn—turning academic challenges into accomplishments. We operate out of Bangalore, India, fostering a high-velocity environment that prioritizes impact, ownership, and direct collaboration to define and build the future of AI in education.
Role Overview
We’re hiring an AI Engineer who is a problem-solver first: someone who can ship, debug, and iterate fast. You’ll help build the core AI workflows powering our tutoring product—especially agentic tutoring systems—and harden them into production-grade, scalable, observable systems.
This role is intentionally not for everyone. If you want tight scope, predictable tasks, or “only research / only backend,” this won’t fit. If you like building real systems end-to-end and seeing your work hit production quickly, you’ll love it.
What You’ll Do
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Build and ship core AI workflows for our tutoring app:
Strong signal from top engineering programs in Indiaor an equivalent track record (exceptional projects / OSS / internships that clearly show you can perform).
How You Work (This Matters)
You’ll do well here if you:
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default to ownership: you don’t wait to be told every step
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can move fast without being sloppy
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enjoy ambiguity and turn it into clear execution
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treat quality as an engineering problem: tests, evals, instrumentation, iteration
Why Join Fermi?
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Build core AI product (not demos) that students use daily.
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Massive scope for learning: agents, evals, multimodal tutoring, production hardening.
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Small team, high trust, direct impact—your code ships and matters.
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Work with a team that cares about craft, not just hype.
This is not for you If…
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You want remote/hybrid (this is onsite Bangalore only).
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You prefer narrow tickets and minimal ambiguity.
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You’re not excited about production engineering (monitoring, reliability, cost, latency).