Staff Algorithm Engineer - Remote, Healthcare Tech Impact

Dexcom, Inc.; Canada; Remote; CAD 189,000 - 314,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Global growth

Tuition reimbursement

Learning programs

Job summary

Dexcom is a global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer to lead modeling, simulation, and analytics for emerging sensing approaches. The role emphasizes first-principles and ML models, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and communicating complex results to stakeholders.

The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, global growth opportunities, and career development through in-house learning programs and tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• PhD/MS with 2-7 years of industry experience in a relevant field.
• Strong foundation in modeling, statistics, and machine learning.
• Proficiency in Python or MATLAB and related computing environments.
• Ability to define problems, form hypotheses, and derive actionable conclusions.
• Experience in research or technology incubation environments.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead algorithm, modeling, and simulation activities for emerging sensing tech.
• Develop first-principles, mechanistic, statistical, and ML models.
• Design experiments and analyses to evaluate technology feasibility and limits.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify opportunities and risks.
• Create simulation environments to guide technology investment decisions.
• Apply analytics to uncover patterns from experimental data.
• Explore novel sensing concepts across biological and physical domains.
• Influence long-term roadmaps through rigorous scientific leadership.
• Communicate findings to technical experts, business stakeholders, and leadership.

Skills

Mathematical modeling

Statistics

Machine learning

Communication skills

Research experience

Problem solving

Adaptability

Biophysics familiarity

Education

PhD in relevant field

MS in related discipline

Bachelor's in technical field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

First-principles modeling

Job description

Dexcom is a global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology, seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer to lead modeling, simulation, and analytics for emerging sensing approaches. The role emphasizes first-principles and ML models, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and communicating complex results to stakeholders.

The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, global growth opportunities, and career development through in-house learning programs and tuition reimbursement.