Machine Learning Engineer

Verana Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Verana Health in New York is seeking an exceptional ML Engineer to develop scalable ML systems that address significant challenges in healthcare. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our product and engineering teams to ensure efficiency and reliability of ML-native enterprise platforms.

The ideal candidate should have 5-7+ years of experience in backend development and be fluent in Python along with familiarity in modern ML techniques. The expected compensation range is $210,000-250,000/year plus stock options, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in backend and cloud platform software development.
• Fluency in backend programming languages including Python.
• Familiarity with modern ML/LLM techniques and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Translate LLM research into production, delivering value for customers.
• Work with complex, real-world clinical data in a cloud-based environment.
• Develop methods to ensure high-quality results for production models.

Skills

Backend programming

Cloud platform development

Machine Learning techniques

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Golang

Rust

Java

Job description

About us

Layer Health was founded in 2023 by leading machine learning researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School. We are building an AI layer that can accurately and scalably synthesize information from medical records, with the mission to reduce friction everywhere in healthcare. Our LLM-powered platform is solving chart review once and for all, across use cases. For health systems, our first product dramatically accelerates clinical registry abstraction in areas ranging from surgery and cardiology, to oncology. Our long term vision is for our AI layer to safely transform patient care and minimize unnecessary heartbreak. Layer Health’s diverse founding team brings expertise across machine learning, UI/UX, large language models, and medicine.

We’re seeking outstanding hires to join our team as early members. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-impact, collaborative, mission-driven team, and help define the next stage of growth for Layer Health. Together, we will create the AI layer that will redefine healthcare for the better.

We’re hiring an exceptional ML Engineer to join our team (Boston or NYC office). In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy scalable ML software systems to address large-scale challenges in healthcare. You will work closely with our software engineers, research scientists, and product teams to build ML-native enterprise platforms, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reliability.

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Responsibilities

• Translate start-of-the-art LLM research (both internally developed and from the community) into production, delivering value for our customers.
• Work with complex, large-scale, real-world clinical data (both structured and unstructured data) in a cloud-based environment.
• Develop methods and features to ensure high-quality results for our production models (methods to detect drift/performance degradation; develop observability tooling for performance characteristics, etc.).
• Collaborate with the broader product, engineering, and research teams to improve our products and build the next-generation of ML for healthcare.
• Ensure robust monitoring, logging, and error handling for deployed systems.
• Stay updated on the latest advancements in machine learning and AI.
• Cultivate a robust ML engineering and product culture that drives the company forward.

We look for

• 5-7+ years of experience in backend and cloud platform software development, with the ability and flexibility to traverse the stack when necessary.
• Fluency in one or more backend programming languages including Python, Golang, Rust, Java (we use Python).
• Familiarity with modern ML/LLM techniques and frameworks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Experience in 0-to-1 development of end-to-end ML systems (design, training, inference, deployment, and monitoring; bonus if involving LLMs). - this is a bonus and not a requirement
• Experience developing and maintaining performant, scalable, and data-centric enterprise software products.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• An excited and adaptable team player who wants to disrupt the healthcare industry with AI/ML, alongside an awesome team, in a customer-focused and fast-paced environment.
• We expect engineers to meet regularly in-person in either our NYC or Boston office (engineers from Boston, NYC, or east coast are welcome).

Compensation

Expected compensation range for this role is $210,000-250,000/year, in addition to stock options. Compensation is dependent on experience, overall fit to our role, and candidate location. Expected compensation ranges for this role may change over time. If your compensation requirement is greater than our posted salary ranges, please still consider applying to our role. We will make a determination as to whether an exception can be made.

If you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel that you meet every single requirement. We’re eager to meet people that believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways. We welcome diverse perspectives, rigorous thinking, and fearlessness in challenging the status quo.

Layer Health is committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that is free from discrimination. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer where employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Join us and help us transform healthcare with AI.