Senior Artificial Intelligence Researcher

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

We seek a senior AI researcher to design, build, and ship production‑grade AI solutions—including LLMs, agents, and retrieval‑augmented generation—within a healthcare data platform. The role blends hands‑on model engineering, experimental rigor, and cross‑functional collaboration with product, engineering, and data teams.

Role Snapshot

• Senior AI researcher
• Production‑grade AI systems
• LLM, RAG, and AI agent development
• Cross‑functional collaboration
• Python & PyTorch engineering
• Large‑scale model training & deployment

Must-Have Requirements

• Python
• PyTorch
• Multi‑node GPU training
• Model fine‑tuning
• Production model deployment
• Data pipeline ownership
• Research‑to‑production AI system development
• Large‑scale model training and serving
• Data pipeline engineering for model training
• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related quantitative field

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Mentoring or technical direction
• Research publications at top conferences
• Open‑source ML contributions
• Familiarity with HuggingFace, DeepSpeed/FSDP, vLLM/SGLang
• Top‑conference publications
• Open‑source contributions
• Mentoring junior engineers

Work Setup

• Location: San Francisco, United States
• Work mode: ONSITE
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Remote eligibility
• Coding test

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design, prototype, and ship AI‑powered features such as LLM‑based agents and RAG pipelines
• Build and scale the model layer, selecting model sizes and composing multiple models into a product‑ready system
• Run rigorous experiments, hypothesis testing, and evaluation to validate model performance
• Optimize training and serving pipelines on multi‑GPU clusters using DeepSpeed/FSDP or equivalent
• Own end‑to‑end data pipelines for training, including deduplication, filtering, and format normalization
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and data teams to translate research ideas into production outcomes
• Mentor junior engineers and help set technical direction as the team grows (preferred)

Good Fit If You Have

• Hands‑on curiosity and ability to move research from paper to production
• Experience shipping models that meet real‑world accuracy and latency targets
• Strong communication skills for explaining AI results to clinicians and non‑technical stakeholders
• Track record of publications or impactful open‑source contributions