Senior AI Engineer

Montefiore Health System; Plaza (ND); On-site; USD 184,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Health System in Yonkers, NY is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to advance predictive, generative, and agentic AI solutions within the Data & Analytics group. You will scale AI/ML/LLM-based tools to answer critical clinical and operational questions, delivering tangible improvements for patient access, clinician workload, and care delivery.

You will lead cross-functional teams, design scalable ML infrastructure, and ensure governance compliance while driving innovation in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• BS Data Analytics is required.
• 10+ years designing and supporting ML/AI platforms.
• Experience deploying ML models and NLP at scale.
• Knowledge of Python and ML libraries; familiarity with LLMs and LLMOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of ML/AI platforms and products.
• Propose, design, develop and implement cloud-based AI solutions for scalable systems.
• Guide MLOps best practices and standards across the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet AI governance standards.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve engineering efficiency.
• Ensure reliability and scalability of AI/ML systems in production.
• Demonstrate ownership for project deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
• Learn new AI concepts quickly and mentor staff.

Skills

ML platform development

Python & ML libraries

NLP models at scale

LLMOps & Generative AI

Cloud-based AI solutions

Education

BS Data Analytics

10+ years ML/AI platforms experience

Tools

Snowflake Cortex

Snowflake

EPIC

Job description

City/State:

Yonkers, New York

Grant Funded:

No

Department:

D&A - Data & Analytics

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

MON-FRI

Scheduled Hours:

9 AM-5:30 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS

Pay Range:

$184,000.00-$230,000.00

Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report. For more than 100 years we have been innovating new treatments, procedures, and approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for academic medical centers in the region and around the world.

Our work to improve health outcomes in underserved communities is unparalleled in the United States. Our workforce is among the most diverse in the US: Montefiore associates speak 60+ languages. As Montefiore has built paths to deliver lifesaving health outcomes to underserved communities, we are looking to the future of being a data driven organization and tech-enabled care delivery to create better experiences for patients, providers, and operations teams.

Montefiore is actively investing in its data & analytics driven solutions as a new system-level priority, and we are seeking data experts who are excited to create a tangible impact with the healthcare system. This role is also critical to scaling our data and insights capabilities, empowering teams with actionable insights, and supporting our mission to improve Patient healthcare.

Job Summary

The position of Senior AI Engineer within the Data and Analytics function leverages their skills across Predictive, Generative, and Agentic AI solutions to improve health for a diverse community and redesign the healthcare experiences. You have the opportunity to work with complex AI/ML/LLM-based solutions in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving landscape, answering critical business and clinical questions. This role is critical to scaling our analytics capabilities, empowering teams with actionable insights, and supporting our mission to improve Patient healthcare. You will be part of our rapidly evolving high-performing team that is directly focused on tangible solutions that improve patient access, reduce clinician burnout, create optimal operations, and thoughtfully deploy data & analytics solutions.

Essential Functions

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of ML/AI related platforms and products.
• Propose, design, develop and implement cloud-based AI solutions that ensure the agility, flexibility, and scalability of our systems.
• Drive technical design discussions and provide guidance to team members on MLOps best practices, standards and principles.
• Collaborate with and lead cross-functional teams to drive the development of new features and products, ensuring they meet the Montefiore’s AI governance standards and policies.
• Identify and evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and trends that can drive ML/AI innovation and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our engineering processes.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance of AI/ML systems in production environments.
• Demonstrate high ownership and accountability for project deliverables in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Quickly learn and adapt to new AI/ML technological concepts and tools as needed.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative culture, set clear goals, and mentor staff

Qualifications

• BS Data Analytics
• 10+ years Design, development, and support for ML/AI related platforms and products
• Solid understanding of statistical methods and principles
• Build and Deploy a diverse set of ML models (GLM, GBM, Neural Networks) and NLP solutions at scale.
• Knowledge in Python and relevant ML libraries, out-of-the box LLMs, Generative AI solutions and LLMOps
• Automation of ML workflows and pipelines
• Experience in AI managed services like H20, Snowflake Cortex etc.
• Experience in Snowflake • Knowledge in healthcare preferably in a provider domain
• Experience with clinical data platforms like EPIC etc. (High proficiency)

Montefiore Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Health System, Inc. will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.