Senior Machine Learning Engineering

Leads development and deployment of machine learning models and AI solutions for business outcomes.

Filled
Location :
Washington, DC
Company :
iCUBE Inc
Date Posted :
February 22, 2025
Pay :
Monthly
Job Description :
iCUBE, Inc. is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer/Scientist You: “Why?” is your favorite question. “How?” will keep you up at nights. You have an unending need to understand how things work and an unerring ability to figure out how to improve them. You get excited about new and emerging technologies. You can visualize not one, but multiple solutions. You are the first person people turn to for technical expertise. Us: Small but established company that has fast thinkers and fast workers who crush things for 8 hours and then go explore that thing called life balance. Staff that generally work in sweats (because, really, who can see anything but your face when working remotely) and who love to explore possibilities, solutions and opportunities. If You would fit well with Us, then we need to talk to you. Three interviews max. One 15 minute phone screening (and 15 minutes will be 15 minutes, be succinct). One standard online interview. Possibly one upper management online interview.

Project Description

A federal project focused on providing high level expertise in AI/ML, data integration, data exchange, and management services on large volumes of data. We will be establishing the data governance strategy, data management, implementing required technology to enable an established web-based system to more efficiently process clinical data, making the healthcare system safer, higher quality, and resulting in improved patient safety in hospitals. It also involves providing subject matter expertise and advisory services on managing the data lifecycle in healthcare delivery and identifying opportunities for Advanced Analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, train, and deploy OCR models using AWS services or other cloud providers to extract text from electronic health records in PDF format.
  • Optimize OCR accuracy for complex medical terminology and extract entities of interest from various document formats.
  • Implement data preprocessing and enhancement techniques to improve OCR performance.
  • Design and implement large language model (LLM) applications to interpret and answer questions related to patient health based on extracted text from medical records.
  • Continuously fine-tune and improve LLM performance to improve accuracy.
  • Utilize services such as Amazon Textract, Amazon Comprehend Medical, and Amazon SageMaker (or equivalent) for developing and deploying AI/ML models.
  • Ensure scalable and efficient cloud-based solutions for processing large volumes of medical documents.
  • Work closely with healthcare professionals, and software engineers to understand project requirements and deliver effective solutions.
  • Communicate technical concepts and progress to non-technical stakeholders.

Technical Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science with a specialization in AI/ML.
  • Ten years proven experience in developing and deploying AI/ML solutions, particularly in OCR and NLP.
  • Proficiency with AWS services, including but not limited to Amazon Textract, Amazon Comprehend, and Amazon SageMaker (or equivalent)
  • Strong programming skills in Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience with healthcare data and familiarity with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA) is a plus.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Participate in code reviews, team meetings, and collaborative development activities.
  • Experienced with Data Security and PII/PIA

Additional Qualifications:

  • U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency
  • Able to successfully pass background check prior to employment
  • Healthcare experience is not mandatory, but it is highly desirable

Job Type :
Full-time
Benefits:
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Shift : 
8 hour shift Monday to Friday
Work Location : 
Remote