Remote Staff ML Engineer

Summary

Join Sword Health, a mission-driven company that leverages technology to predict, prevent, and treat pain. As a member of the AI Team, you will lead projects, define roadmaps, and contribute to the development of ML systems. You will work alongside talented colleagues to build a pain-free world.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in Machine Learning within an AI-oriented company
• Deep technical knowledge of LLMs and Generative AI as a whole and proven experience shipping applications powered by such technology
• Experience leading and owning complex and ambiguous projects from ideation to completion/maintenance
• Hands-on experience implementing and maintaining production machine learning systems
• Solid experience in SQL and Python as well as experience developing production software
• Proficient knowledge of Python data stack (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn, etc)
• Experience providing technical oversight and mentoring colleagues
• Ability to learn quickly and dive deep into new problems and fields
• Ability to communicate concepts clearly and interface with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• An independent and self-driven approach, demonstrating the capability to work autonomously
• Robust problem-solving skills coupled with adaptability in handling evolving and conflicting priorities
• Proven track record in developing software applications that are both scalable and reliable

Responsibilities

• Lead projects of high scope and ambiguity often concerning new products or revenue streams
• Play an important role in the definition of the roadmap by envisioning what the team should be betting on from a technical and strategic perspective as well as in the definition of the team’s priorities
• Significantly contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and experience of how to build ML systems, with special emphasis on the Generative AI field
• Provide significant input to executive leadership in regard to new strategic technical initiatives that the company should pursue following industry trends
• Contribute to designing, building, evaluating, shipping, and improving Sword’s products by hands-on AI/ML development
• Develop and maintain data processing pipelines for getting the data required to build and evaluate models
• Work alongside the Product, Data & Engineering Teams to define and implement AI/ML-powered features for internal and external users
• Proactively identify areas for improvement, by implementing processes that improve the team’s quality and speed of delivery
• Solve highly ambiguous, shortly scoped, and highly complex technical problems regarding which past work of the team is of little-to-no use

Benefits

• A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity
• A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company
• Career development and growth, with a competitive salary
• The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare
• A stimulating environment with room for creativity
• A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation
• Access to our health and well-being program (digital therapist sessions)
• Remote or Hybrid work policy