JOB-2127
A Series C AI company that turns fragmented health data into measurable action for healthcare and life sciences enterprises is hiring a hands-on Director of Applied AI Engineering to lead delivery for its life sciences markets team.
What you’ll own
- Lead technical delivery of AI applications that turn proprietary datasets into products for pharmaceutical market evaluation
- Design systems, write production code and integrate ML models and LLMs (retrieval, tool use, structured outputs, evaluation)
- Own the technical roadmap and execution for a small squad of engineers
- Work directly with clients to translate analytical workflows into product priorities
- Set a high bar for AI reliability and production quality
Profile
- 10+ years as an applied AI engineer, data scientist or quantitative researcher
- Predictive modeling experience in life sciences, or quant/data science experience (e.g. hedge fund) with life sciences exposure
- Experience leading a small technical team while staying hands-on
- Strong client-facing communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on with data pipelines, automated testing, CI/CD and AWS
Remote within the US with travel 1-2 times per month. US citizens or green card holders only; no visa sponsorship.

