Lead Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

Exact Sciences; United States; Remote; USD 129,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the healthcare sector is seeking a Lead Engineer, Artificial Intelligence to spearhead AI initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, ensuring the deployment of innovative solutions aligned with business goals. This remote role offers a robust salary range and a supportive working environment to enhance your career while impacting lives positively.

Benefits

Paid time off

Paid leave for parents and caregivers

Retirement savings plan

Wellness support

Comprehensive health benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project leadership experience including Agile project management.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and deploying AI solutions.
• Understanding of ethical considerations in AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of deliverables in support of AI strategies.
• Develop and deploy AI models to solve complex problems.
• Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Problem-solving

Data privacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Data Science

Artificial Intelligence

Tools

Python

Machine Learning frameworks

Cloud platforms

Job description

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Lead Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

Apply locations US - Remote time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: June 19, 2025 (15 hours left to apply) job requisition id R25-9966

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Position Overview

The Lead Engineer, Artificial Intelligence role is a pivotal position responsible for driving the strategic vision and technical execution of AI initiatives within the organization. This role demands expertise in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and emerging technologies such as Generative AI and Large Language Models. This role will be responsible for the development and deployment of innovative AI solutions, ensuring their alignment with business objectives while fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. A strong emphasis is placed on problem-solving, efficiency enhancement, and maintaining the reliability and scalability of AI systems to deliver exceptional results.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead the execution of ML, NLP, LLM deliverables in support of the AI strategies.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists, machine learning engineers, and software engineers to ensure smooth integration of machine learning models into production systems.
• Responsible for the partnering on the execution of custom ML, Gen AI, NLP, LLM Models for batch and stream processing-based AI ML pipelines including data ingestion, preprocessing modules, search and retrieval, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), NLP/LLM model development and ensure the end-to-end solution meets all technical and business requirements, and SLA specifications.
• Complete the development and deployment of AI models and algorithms to solve complex problems.
• Stay updated on advancements in AI research and technology to guide initiatives.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
• Coach, support, and provide mentorship for team members.
• Champion ethical AI practices and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Address issues related to data privacy, security, and biases in AI systems.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
• Ability to work designated schedule.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and deploying cutting-edge AI solutions that drive measurable business impact.
• Demonstrated understanding of ethical considerations in AI systems.
• 3+ years of project leadership experience including Agile project management, Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFE).
• Advanced ability working with machine learning frameworks, programming languages like Python, and cloud platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with expertise in AI/ML techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and deploying Gen AI solutions at scale.
• Experience fine tuning LLMs, SLMs, teacher-student frameworks and model distillation
• Familiarity with human in the loop methods for aligning LLMs with human preferences, e.g: DPO
• Familiarity with Agentic framework platforms and concepts. Experience deploying agentic-based solutions is a plus.

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Salary Range:

$129,000.00 - $208,000.00The annual base salary shown is a national range for this position on a full-time basis and may differ by hiring location. In addition, this position is bonus eligible, and is eligible to be considered for company stock at hire and on an annual basis.

Exact Sciences is proud to offer an employee experience that includes paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time), paid leave for parents and caregivers, a retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage. Learn more about our benefits .

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