Senior Software Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Asepha, an AI healthcare startup in Toronto, seeks two senior software engineers. You'll shape engineering efforts, make architectural decisions, and impact pharmacy workflows. Responsibilities include training models, developing APIs, and ensuring data processing efficiency. Join us for a chance to innovate in healthcare technology.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Unlimited days off

Complimentary breakfast

Weekly team lunches

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience required.
• Proven track record of building high-performance, data-driven APIs.

Responsibilities

• Training and fine-tuning Large Models for healthcare tasks.
• Developing methods to improve efficiency and quality of LLMs.
• Building tools to measure model quality and performance.

Skills

Python

Typescript

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

FastAPI

Node.js

Job description

Job Description

Asepha is an AI healthcare startup based in Toronto and New York, focused on automating manual tasks in community pharmacies to boost efficiency and improve patient care. We create proprietary AI tools, trained on real-world pharmacy data, to streamline medication reviews, prescription intake, and medication reconciliation.

We are seeking 2 talented and innovative senior software engineers to join our growing team. As one of our early hires, you'll play a critical role in shaping our engineering efforts, making key architectural decisions, and writing code to expand our AI product line. You will play a pivotal role in balancing speed of execution with product quality, and have the opportunity to wear multiple hats, from frontend and backend development to devops and customer interactions. Your work will have a direct impact on improving pharmacy workflows and health outcomes.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Training and fine-tuning Large Models performing a wide range of tasks in the domain of healthcare.
• Interfacing Large Models to external systems, APIs, and tools such as Vector Databases.
• Working on our data processing pipeline to ensure efficient and accurate handling of unstructured medical data.
• Developing methods to improve efficiency, correctness, and quality of LLMs.
• Building tools to measure model quality and performance.
• Experience with existing large models and generative models is a must.
• Experience developing and training models in PyTorch is ideal.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience
• Strong fundamentals in Python and Typescript (we use FastAPI and Node.js)
• Experience with GCP
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, or fine-tuning (personal projects count!)
• Proven track record of building high-performance, data-driven APIs.
• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• A great communicator and team player.
• Located in either Toronto, Canada or New York, USA.

Perks:

• Competitive compensation package, including $150-200k annual salary + stock options
• Unlimited days off to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Complimentary breakfast provided daily in the office and weekly team lunches
• Exciting opportunities for professional growth and career development

Note: Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.