Artificial Intelligence Engineer Specialist (Remote)

Acentra Health; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Acentra Health seeks an Artificial Intelligence Engineer Specialist to lead innovative ML solutions aimed at improving healthcare outcomes. The role involves significant responsibilities in designing and deploying ML and generative AI systems, requiring advanced technical skills and a strong educational background. Join a dedicated team in delivering impactful health solutions as part of your career journey.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Educational assistance

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering and ML.
• 3+ years with LLMs and generative AI.
• Advanced degree required.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced ML models for healthcare.
• Evaluate and optimize ML models for real-world environments.
• Develop CICD and MLOps pipelines for ML/AI products.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Generative AI

Data Preprocessing

Feature Engineering

Software Engineering

Cloud Computing

Communication

Education

Master's degree in Science or Engineering

Ph.D. in Science or Engineering

Tools

Python

SQL

Pandas

NumPy

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Company Overview

Acentra Health exists to empower better health outcomes through technology, services, and clinical expertise. Our mission is to innovate health solutions that deliver maximum value and impact.

Company Overview

Acentra Health exists to empower better health outcomes through technology, services, and clinical expertise. Our mission is to innovate health solutions that deliver maximum value and impact.

Lead the Way is our rallying cry at Acentra Health. Think of it as an open invitation to embrace the mission of the company; to actively engage in problem-solving; and to take ownership of your work every day. Acentra Health offers you unparalleled opportunities. In fact, you have all you need to take charge of your career and accelerate better outcomes - making this a great time to join our team of passionate individuals dedicated to being a vital partner for health solutions in the public sector.

Job Summary And Responsibilities

Acentra Health is looking for a Artificial Intelligence Specialist to join our growing team.

Job Summary

This position functions as a technical authority in applied machine learning and generative AI, leading complex, high-impact initiatives across the enterprise. The Specialist is responsible for designing and deploying advanced ML and GenAI solutions, particularly in large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing (NLP), to improve patient outcomes, inform product strategy, and shape the future of AI in healthcare. This role combines expert-level engineering with research and strategic foresight and plays a key role in developing technical roadmaps, setting best practices, and guiding investment decisions in AI/ML capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement advanced ML models and algorithms to solve complex, high-impact healthcare problems such as disease prediction, patient risk stratification, clinical decision support, and personalized medicine.
• Explore, evaluate, and deploy state-of-the-art ML techniques—including supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, and NLP—tailored for healthcare applications and large-scale operational contexts.
• Develop and refine robust data preprocessing workflows, including advanced data cleaning, feature engineering, and augmentation techniques to ensure scalability and model generalizability across diverse populations and datasets.
• Evaluate and validate ML models using rigorous metrics and stress-testing methodologies to ensure performance, accuracy, fairness, and reliability in real-world production environments.
• Interpret and communicate complex model outputs to technical and non-technical stakeholders, shaping clinical and operational decision-making with clear, actionable insights.
• Optimize and scale models for deployment in real-time and batch inference systems, balancing computational efficiency, cost, and compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA, FDA guidelines).
• Design, build, and deploy innovative LLM- and GenAI-based solutions to address business and clinical challenges, including intelligent automation, document summarization, and clinical language understanding.
• Architect and lead the development of CICD and MLOps pipelines to support scalable, secure, and compliant ML/AI product lifecycles across the enterprise.
• Establish and document best practices, reproducible workflows, and governance frameworks to ensure technical rigor, auditability, and cross-team knowledge sharing.
• Serve as a technical mentor and coach for engineering and data science teams, helping build internal capabilities and advance organizational understanding of ML/AI tools and methods.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, product owners, clinicians, and other functional teams to shape enterprise ML strategy and align technical solutions with long-term goals.
• Identify and drive high-impact innovation opportunities, leading proof-of-concept initiatives and evaluating emerging technologies for applicability within healthcare and AI strategy.
• Represent the AI/ML function internally and externally, contributing to internal thought leadership and staying engaged in the broader AI community through publications, conferences, or industry groups.
• Read, understand, and adhere to all corporate policies including policies related to HIPAA and its Privacy and Security Rules.
  
  

The list of accountabilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other education- and experience-related duties that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Advance degree in science or engineering field, combined with at least 6 years of experience in software engineering (master’s degree required; PhD preferred)
• 6+ years of experience as a ML Engineer
• 6+ years of experience with object-oriented scripting languages, such as Python or R
• 6+ years of experience with developing ML models
• 6+ years of experience with data preprocessing and feature engineering
• 3+ years of experience with LLMs and GenAI
• 3+ years of cloud computing experience using Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud for testing, deploying, and managing ML and AI systems
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Recognized internally and externally as a subject-matter expert in ML, GenAI, and/or NLP
• Proven track record of innovation, including patents, publications, or major contributions to open-source projects or AI/ML communities
• Advanced understanding of the ML lifecycle, including data strategy, model monitoring, and governance in production environments
• Experience influencing product roadmaps, leading cross-functional initiatives, and advising executive leadership
• Deep experience with healthcare-specific applications, including working with clinical datasets and healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM)
• Proficiency in using data manipulation and analysis tools, such as SQL, Pandas, and NumPy
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
  
  

Why us?

We are a team of experienced and caring leaders, clinicians, pioneering technologists, and industry professionals who come together to redefine expectations for the healthcare industry. State and federal healthcare agencies, providers, and employers turn to us as their vital partner to ensure better healthcare and improve health outcomes.

We do this through our people.

You will have meaningful work that genuinely improves people's lives across the country. We are a company that cares about our employees, and we give you the tools and encouragement you need to achieve the finest work of your career.

Benefits

Benefits are a key component of your rewards package. Our benefits are designed to provide you with additional protection, security, and support for both your career and your life away from work. Our benefits include comprehensive health plans, paid time off, retirement savings, corporate wellness, educational assistance, corporate discounts, and more.

Thank You!

We know your time is valuable and we thank you for applying for this position. Due to the high volume of applicants, only those who are chosen to advance in our interview process will be contacted. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Acentra Health and invite you to apply to future openings that may be of interest. Best of luck in your search!

~ The Acentra Health Talent Acquisition Team

Visit us at Acentra.com/careers/

EEO AA M/F/Vet/Disability

Acentra Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law.

Compensation

The pay for this position is listed below.

“Based on our compensation philosophy, an applicant’s position placement in the pay range will depend on various considerations, such as years of applicable experience and skill level.”

Pay Range

USD $108,992.00 - USD $170,300.00 /Yr.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration

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