Staff Machine Learning Engineer

AVID Technical Resources

$150K — $180K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD with 4+ years or Master's with 7+ years in Machine Learning, AI, or a related field
  • In-depth knowledge of machine learning and self-supervised learning techniques
  • Proficient in Python and PyTorch for deep learning tasks
  • Experience in building scalable ML systems on cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
  • Hands-on work with medical imaging data (DICOM) and related preprocessing
  • History of developing and deploying ML models in healthcare or regulated sectors
  • Strong communicator, capable of collaborating effectively with diverse teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead R&D of advanced deep learning models for medical imaging
  • Design scalable training pipelines for large imaging datasets
  • Enhance model performance through experimentation and architecture innovation
  • Convert clinical needs into functional ML solutions
  • Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and clinical stakeholders
  • Mentor ML engineers and data scientists, providing technical leadership
  • Team up with infrastructure teams to boost training and deployment efficiency
  • Contribute to publications and support IP development

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in healthcare
  • Mentorship and leadership roles available
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration with clinical and technical teams
  • Contribution to meaningful research impacting patient care
  • Potential for involvement in regulatory processes related to medical devices
Full Job Description
What You'll Do
  • Lead the research and development of state-of-the-art deep learning models for medical imaging applications
  • Design and implement scalable training pipelines for large-scale imaging datasets
  • Drive model performance through experimentation, architecture innovation, and rigorous evaluation frameworks
  • Translate clinical and scientific requirements into production-ready ML solutions
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, engineers, and clinical stakeholders
  • Mentor and provide technical leadership to ML engineers and data scientists
  • Partner with infrastructure teams to optimize GPU utilization, training efficiency, and deployment workflows
  • Contribute to scientific publications and support intellectual property development
What You Bring
Required
  • PhD with 4+ years of industry experience, or Master's with 7+ years in Machine Learning, AI, or a related field
  • Deep expertise in machine learning and self-supervised learning methods
  • Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch
  • Experience building and scaling ML systems in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with medical imaging data (DICOM) and preprocessing pipelines
  • Proven track record of developing and deploying ML models in healthcare, biotech, or other regulated industries
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and clinical teams
Preferred
  • Experience with mammography or breast imaging
  • Familiarity with FDA regulatory processes for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)
  • Experience with ML orchestration tools (e.g., Metaflow or similar)
  • Expertise in distributed training (multi-GPU/multi-node) and performance optimization
  • Publications in leading ML or medical imaging conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, MICCAI)
  • Experience with foundation models, transfer learning, or domain adaptation in medical imaging

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