Senior ML/NLP Engineer (Contract)

3 Minutes ago • 5 Years + • Research Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Sully.ai is dedicated to creating 'superhuman doctors' to ensure access to healthcare as a basic human right, aiming to eliminate distractions and guide them to the best treatments. As a Senior ML/NLP Engineer, you will be pivotal in achieving this mission by owning the architecture, development, and continuous improvement of Sully.ai’s NLP models. You will work cross-functionally to translate clinical workflows into robust, HIPAA-compliant conversational AI solutions for Receptionist and Assistant agents.
Must have:
  • Architect NLP Pipelines.
  • Fine-Tune Transformer Models.
  • Define Evaluation Frameworks.
  • Deploy & Scale.
  • Lead MLOps Best Practices.
  • Collaborate & Mentor.
Good to have:
  • Prior experience in healthcare technology or familiarity with FHIR and HIPAA compliance.
  • Contributions to open-source NLP projects or publications in top-tier conferences.
  • Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and prompt-tuning techniques.
Perks:
  • Shape the Future of Healthcare
  • Early-Stage Impact
  • Remote-First Culture
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Solve Scalability Challenges

Job Details

About the role

Role Overview

You will own the architecture, development, and continuous improvement of Sully.ai’s NLP models powering the Receptionist and Assistant agents. Working cross‑functionally with Product, Clinical, and Reliability Engineering, you’ll translate clinical workflows into robust conversational AI solutions that meet HIPAA‑level security and compliance requirements.

What You’ll Do

  • Architect NLP Pipelines. Design end‑to‑end pipelines for intent detection, entity extraction, and dialogue management using Hugging Face Transformers.
  • Fine‑Tune Transformer Models. Adapt state‑of‑the‑art architectures (e.g., BERT, GPT) on domain‑specific data to optimize receptionist and assistant workflows, leveraging prompt engineering and RAG techniques.
  • Define Evaluation Frameworks. Establish benchmarks (F1‑score, ROUGE, MMLU) and A/B test protocols to measure dialogue accuracy, user satisfaction, and model latency.
  • Deploy & Scale. Containerize models with Docker, serve via FastAPI, and orchestrate on Kubernetes for high availability and observability.
  • Lead MLOps Best Practices. Build CI/CD pipelines for model training, testing, and versioning; integrate monitoring and alerting for data drift and performance regressions.
  • Collaborate & Mentor. Partner with Product and Clinical teams to curate training data, refine user flows, and onboard new engineers into our NLP practice.

What You’ll Bring

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on ML/NLP in production settings.
  • Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow), with hands‑on experience using Hugging Face Transformers.
  • Demonstrated success in fine‑tuning and deploying transformer‑based models for conversational AI or related NLP applications.
  • Experience building and scaling RESTful services with FastAPI, containerizing with Docker, and managing Kubernetes deployments.
  • Strong analytical skills and familiarity with evaluation metrics for NLP systems (F1, ROUGE, MMLU).
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills in fast‑paced, cross‑functional teams.

Tech Stack

  • Languages & Frameworks: Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers.
  • APIs & Services: FastAPI, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
  • Cloud & Data: AWS/GCP/Azure, SQL/NoSQL databases.
  • AI & MLOps: Prompt engineering, RAG, model versioning, monitoring & alerting.

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