Lead AI Software Engineer
$150,000–$200,000 year
Remote · New York City, New York, United States or US
New York City, New York, United States or USRemoteFull Time$150,000–$200,000 yearSenior LevelBachelors DegreeHealthcare TechUnknown
Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Bachelors Degree
Company size
Unknown
Industry
Healthcare Tech
Job Summary
The Lead AI Software Engineer is responsible for designing and delivering AI/ML solutions for the healthcare industry, focusing on applications powered by LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, and predictive models. The role includes co-designing AI solutions, leading end-to-end implementation, and ensuring HIPAA compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, Health Informatics, or a related field
- 10+ years in software engineering
- 5+ years building and shipping ML/AI solutions
- 2+ years leading AI/ML initiatives or teams
- Proficiency with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
- Proficiency with Visual Studio
- Hands-on experience using OpenAI or Anthropic models
- Strong Python and ML ecosystem knowledge
- Cloud AI on Azure preferred
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with FHIR and HL7 data standards
- Databricks (Delta Lake, Spark), Airflow (or similar orchestration)
- GPU/CUDA experience
- Inference optimization (quantization, distillation)
- Prompt/token budgeting and caching strategies for LLM workloads
- Governance & ethics: model cards, datasheets for datasets
Additional Requirements
- Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role
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