Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer, Production Systems

Pivotal Health; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible time off

Company-wide events

Job summary

Pivotal Health is seeking a Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and improve production AI systems that tackle healthcare and operational challenges. You will own end-to-end delivery from experimentation to deployment, with a focus on measurable business impact and reliability.

You will work at the intersection of machine learning, software engineering, product development, and operations, delivering AI-powered solutions that scale while maintaining high standards for privacy and

Qualifications

• Strong Python/prod-grade software engineering background.
• Experience building applied AI/ML systems in production.
• Experience designing experiments and evaluation benchmarks.
• Understanding of observability, testing, and deployment in production.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve production AI systems end-to-end.
• Build LLM-powered applications with retrieval, generation, and orchestration.
• Develop intelligent workflow automation for complex processes.
• Design evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and feedback loops.
• Translate business problems into scalable AI solutions across teams.

Skills

Python

Backend systems

Production AI

LLM-powered

Experiment design

Observability

System reliability

Job description

Pivotal Health is seeking a Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and improve production AI systems that tackle healthcare and operational challenges. You will own end-to-end delivery from experimentation to deployment, with a focus on measurable business impact and reliability.

You will work at the intersection of machine learning, software engineering, product development, and operations, delivering AI-powered solutions that scale while maintaining high standards for privacy and