Remote Machine Learning Research Scientist

Description:

• As a Machine Learning Research Scientist, you will lead groundbreaking ML research and development at SmarterDx.
• You will collaborate closely with experienced engineers and clinicians to turn your inventions into enterprise-grade products.
• With minimal supervision, you will establish a research agenda informed by emerging trends in AI.
• You will develop and rigorously evaluate your proposed algorithms, deploy them into production, and monitor their impact.
• Collaboration with other machine learning research scientists will be essential to identify promising areas of AI/ML R&D for SmarterDx.
• You will establish shared infrastructure to accelerate research efforts across the team.
• Responsibilities include inventing and deploying state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms.
• You will share insights and breakthroughs through publications in top-tier conferences, journals, blog posts, and other mediums.
• You will survey and share relevant AI/ML research and emerging technologies within the company.
• Establishing and owning an ambitious research agenda with regular milestones is expected.
• You will frequently present your work internally and solicit feedback from other team members.
• Providing constructive feedback to other ML research scientists on the team is part of your role.
• You will collaborate cross-functionally with clinical, engineering, and product teams to understand key needs and prioritize research accordingly.
• The position requires working in a fast-paced and rewarding environment that demands high-quality work with minimal supervision.

Requirements:

• A deep “under-the-hood” understanding of modern neural network architectures is required.
• Extensive experience developing and implementing state-of-the-art deep learning models using frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX is necessary.
• A proven track record in clinical machine learning research, demonstrated through first-author publications at top-tier conferences and journals, is essential.
• You must have a demonstrated understanding of recent and relevant AI/ML research trends and the ability to quickly assess the quality of published clinical ML research.
• A Ph.D. (or Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience) in Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with an AI/ML focus is required.
• The ability to communicate clearly, as evidenced by blog posts, conference talks, published research papers, etc., is necessary.

Benefits:

• The position offers medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• A 401k plan is included as part of the benefits package.
• Employees receive a free One Medical membership.
• Parental leave is provided.
• The company operates on a remote-first basis.
• There is minimal bureaucracy within the organization.
• You will work with incredible teammates!