Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Summary

Join Lyra Health as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer and be part of a team building core ML and AI models. This role offers the flexibility of working from our Burlingame, CA headquarters, hybrid, or fully remote within the US. You will train and evaluate machine learning models, write production code, create data systems, collaborate with product and clinical teams, and analyze online experiments. The ideal candidate possesses 4+ years of industry experience, expertise in machine learning, and strong communication skills. Lyra offers a competitive salary ($142,000 - $196,000), comprehensive healthcare, equity, generous time off, paid parental leave, 401k, and a monthly tech allowance.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience
• Expertise in machine learning
• Ability to write high-quality production code in Python
• Experience delivering production-level machine learning models in an online setting
• Strong communication skills and ability to generate consensus and buy-in within the team
• A track record of making high return-on-investment decisions in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

• Be part of a team of innovative ML engineers working on core pieces of our ML and AI models
• Train and evaluate machine learning models for search, recommendation, and clinical decision support
• Write production code to integrate ML models into our serving infrastructure
• Create data systems to collect, clean, label, and store data used for features
• Work with product and clinical on requirements and solutions for ML and AI solutions
• Work alongside data scientists to analyze online experiments and incorporate actionable insights into Lyra’s modeling approaches

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Kubernetes
• Experience with a JVM coding language (especially Kotlin)
• Knowledge of Bayesian statistics or causal inference
• Experience delivering production LLM-based applications a plus
• Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)
• Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services
• Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units
• Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays
• Paid parental leave
• 401K retirement benefits
• Monthly tech allowance