Senior Healthcare AI/ML Engineer - Data & AI Systems

Mayo Clinic; Rochester (MN); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental coverage

Vision plan

HSA/FSAs

Retirement plan

Job summary

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions that integrate into clinical workflows and support patient care.

You will collaborate with clinicians, product managers, IT, and data scientists, mentor junior engineers, and help shape AI engineering practices and MLOps within a regulated healthcare environment. This role supports hybrid work within Mayo Clinic locations.

Qualifications

• Experience applying AI/ML in production healthcare or similar regulated industries.
• Proven leadership in managing complex projects and cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and software development tools.
• Experience with large, complex healthcare data sets.
• Familiarity with AI engineering, data science, and MLOps practices.
• Commitment to mentoring and training junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, integration of AI solutions into clinical practice.
• Collaborate with clinicians, product managers, IT to understand needs.
• Leverage ML techniques (DL, NLP, CV, LLMs) for healthcare apps.
• Establish evaluation methodologies and metrics.
• Explain data analysis results to non-technical users.
• Oversee engineering of AI systems.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Contribute to AI development best practices.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers.
• Offer consultative services to clinical units and AI product teams.
• Provide training on AI tools to healthcare staff.
• Develop new AI methods for healthcare AI innovations.

Skills

AI/ML experience

Leadership

Cloud infra

Data engineering

MLOps

Mentoring

Communication

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master's degree (engineering/CS/Math/health)

Bachelor's + 6 years exp

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Keras

Job description

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions that integrate into clinical workflows and support patient care.

You will collaborate with clinicians, product managers, IT, and data scientists, mentor junior engineers, and help shape AI engineering practices and MLOps within a regulated healthcare environment. This role supports hybrid work within Mayo Clinic locations.