Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist

SmarterDx

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$220,000–$260,000/yr

Benefits

Unlimited PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

Role Impact:

  • Shape the team's research agenda and set technical direction for ML research with real-world clinical impact.
  • Translate cutting-edge research into production systems that understand patient records and improve hospital outcomes.
  • Ensure scientific soundness and practical utility of built models.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead end-to-end ML research from idea generation to deployment and monitoring.
  • Design and evaluate methods for LLM alignment, hallucination detection, and model reliability on clinical data.
  • Build high-quality datasets, assess academic literature, and establish best practices for experimental design.

Qualifications:

  • Strong track record of ML research with publications in top-tier venues and deep understanding of LLM failure modes.
  • Experience training large-scale deep learning models, strong programming in Python and PyTorch, and deploying models to production.
  • Clear communication skills, ability to explain complex ideas, and a proactive, autonomous work style.

SmarterDx

SmarterDx builds clinical AI that transforms how hospitals translate care into payment, connecting clinical context with revenue intelligence. It is a remote-first, fast-moving company founded by physicians in 2020.

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