ML Tech Lead & Manager – Personalization Engine

Cedar; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar is seeking a Tech Lead Manager to drive the development of machine learning systems powering Cedar Pay's Personalization Engine. This role blends hands-on ML work with people leadership, owning the lifecycle from modeling to deployment and monitoring.

You will guide a team of ML engineers, ensure scalable, compliant systems, and shape product impact through technically rigorous, yet iterative improvements to patient financial journeys.

Responsibilities

• ML System Ownership: Own the machine learning lifecycle end-to-end for the Personalization Engine, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and model effectiveness.
• Full-Stack ML Execution: Lead and execute engineering work from MLOps pipelines to advanced ML modeling while guiding the two ML engineers on the team.
• Technical Leadership and People Management: Mentor and coach the ML engineers, conduct design reviews, and elevate the team's technical bar.
• Balancing Rigor with a Bias for Action: Build robust production-grade systems that scale with millions of healthcare transactions and enable rapid iteration.
• Feedback Loop Optimization: Improve the feedback loop capturing patient reactions to real-time decisions to continually refine models.

Job description

Cedar is seeking a Tech Lead Manager to drive the development of machine learning systems powering Cedar Pay's Personalization Engine. This role blends hands-on ML work with people leadership, owning the lifecycle from modeling to deployment and monitoring.

You will guide a team of ML engineers, ensure scalable, compliant systems, and shape product impact through technically rigorous, yet iterative improvements to patient financial journeys.