Machine Learning Engineer

Latent is working on unsolved problems concerning the robust and reliable integration of Medical Intelligence. Health systems across the US trust our multi-modal search platform to answer highly sensitive questions over patient data. Additionally, we offer next-generation question answering, pushing the boundaries of SOTA in medical QA. By analyzing EHR records, our flagship product surfaces the most relevant data, reducing operational overhead in healthcare.

You might work on these types of problems:

• Fine-tuning large OSS models with novel QA techniques
• Extractive highlighting over patient notes
• Multi-modal clinical embeddings
• Take a model from inception → training → validation → serving at scale and speed!

This role is full-time and onsite in our SF office.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science OR an adjacent STEM degree OR equivalent experience with research & deploying language models
• Experience with Python and ML frameworks like PyTorch and Tensorflow
• Experience fine-tuning LLMs
• Experience taking ML systems from training to production
• Bonus: Experience working in small, fast-paced environments and contributions to ML research papers

What We Value

• A demonstrated history of excellence in your personal and/or professional endeavors
• Robust experience delivering impactful software projects that involve engineering skills across the stack
• Collaboration and excellent communication skills driven by logical coherence, openness, and curiosity
• A proactive approach to identifying & solving problems with minimal oversight
• An extremely strong work ethic and a commitment to quality and detail

Why You Should Join Us

• Strong backing from investors like General Catalyst, Conviction and YC
• Best-in-class technical team that is deeply mission aligned
• Have a huge impact on a small team with lots of green space for growth
• We're contracted with the nation’s top hospital systems
• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Excellent benefits and versatile health, dental, and vision coverage plans
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO