Head of AI

Summary

Join Sword Health, a Forbes Best Startup Employer, and lead a new AI unit focused on a cutting-edge, yet-to-be-announced solution. As a leader of a multidisciplinary team, you will architect and develop scalable AI-powered solutions for healthcare providers, emphasizing Generative AI. You will drive technical strategy for the ML platform, lead a team of engineers, and ensure technical excellence while maintaining compliance. This role requires extensive experience in building and deploying production ML systems and leading AI-powered product development. The position is based in Portugal and requires a valid EU visa; relocation assistance is not offered.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and deploying production ML systems at scale
• Strong track record leading teams on delivering AI-powered products
• Remarkable judgment and ability to deliver at a high pace
• Good understanding of modern Tech/AI stack
• Extensive experience with MLOps practices, ML system architecture and full
• Strong software engineering background with emphasis on building scalable, maintainable systems
• Strong product sense and ability to influence technical product decisions
• Possess a valid EU visa and be based in Portugal

Responsibilities

• Architecting and leading the development of scalable, production-grade AI-powered solutions that power multiple healthcare providers (with special emphasis in GenAI)
• Driving technical strategy for our enterprise ML platform, from model deployment to monitoring and optimization
• Leading a team of ML Engineers, Backends and Frontends in building robust, configurable AI systems that adapt to different healthcare contexts
• Working closely with our core AI team to translate cutting-edge solutions into enterprise-ready implementations
• Ensuring technical excellence across all AI deployments while maintaining healthcare compliance and safety standards
• Acting as a hands-on technical leader: making key architectural decisions, conducting code reviews, and maintaining high engineering standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Track record of successful large-scale AI deployments in healthcare
• Familiarity with healthcare data systems and compliance requirements
• Experience with conversational AI or similar interactive ML systems

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Equity shares
• Discretionary PTO plan
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Flexible working hours
• Remote-first company
• Paid company holidays
• Free digital therapist for you and your family