As of October 7, 2026, 23 companies started posting ML / AI roles in the last 30 days, including Bliro, Newxel and Baton. RoleDawn finds them by checking company career pages every day for a team that is new on their board; the full live list, with a link to every job post, is at roledawn.com/first-hire/ml-ai.
23
companies, last 30 days
0
posts that say "founding" or "first"
2
also starting Data Engineering or Data Science & Analytics
8
countries
Which companies are hiring their first AI engineer right now?
By the country of the job post: United States (11), Canada (2), Germany (1), Poland (1), Italy (1) and Cyprus (1); 4 remote or with no country given.
Which of them are building the whole data and AI team at once?
2 of these companies also started a new Data Engineering or Data Science & Analytics team in the same 30 days: Crosslake Technologies (Data Science & Analytics), Mirage (Data Science & Analytics).
Why does a first AI engineer hire matter if you sell to them?
A first ML/AI engineer means production AI: GPU compute, model APIs, vector databases, evaluation and MLOps tools. The weeks around the hire are when those decisions get made, which makes the job post a timely, specific reason to reach out. It is a timing signal, not proof of budget.
How does RoleDawn find companies hiring their first AI engineer?
RoleDawn checks 4,481 company career pages on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Recruitee and Workday every day, sorts every title into one of 43 role families, and flags a company the first time an ML / AI role appears on its board. Each row is labelled "New on their board" or "Likely new team · inferred"; see the full definitions.
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FAQ
How do you know it is their first AI engineer hire?
RoleDawn keeps the history of every role family each company has posted on its own careers page. "New on their board" means an ML / AI role appeared on a board where we had already recorded postings and had never seen that family. "Likely new team · inferred" is an estimate for boards we only recently started tracking. Neither is proof the company never had the role, and a posting is not proof of budget.
Where does the data come from?
Job postings that companies publish on their own Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Recruitee and Workday boards. No LinkedIn scraping and no personal contact data. Staffing agencies and intern, temporary or contractor roles are left out.
Is this list free?
Yes. This page and the live list at roledawn.com/first-hire/ml-ai are public with no signup. A RoleDawn subscription (flat $49 / $99 / $199 per month, 14-day free trial, no card) sends new matches to Slack or email every morning.
How often is it updated?
Every tracked careers page is re-read about once a day and this page is rebuilt from the latest data. The "Updated" date at the top shows when.