CareerPlan

Research Scientist

San FranciscoFull-time$225k2026-04-13 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United States

Core

Design and develop novel modeling approaches for clinical intelligence, driving research from problem definition to validated results to impact real patient outcomes.

Role type

Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer

Builds

Verifiable reinforcement learning systems, foundation model training pipelines, and clinical intelligence models

Domain

Healthcare / Clinical AI / Longitudinal Patient Data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, deep learning, PyTorch, experimental design, model evaluation, tradeoff analysis between capability/interpretability/verifiability, independent operation in high-ambiguity environments

Preferred skills

Publications at top-tier ML venues, LLMs/NLP/sequence modeling, reinforcement learning, alignment methods, longitudinal/structured data at scale, clinical/biomedical domain experience

Technologies

PyTorch, foundation models, reinforcement learning

Responsibilities

Own research initiatives end-to-end (formulation, design, modeling, evaluation), develop novel architectures and training methods, work on verifiable RL and foundation model training, design rigorous evaluation methodologies, make tradeoffs in high-stakes settings, collaborate with clinicians and engineers

Seniority

Senior/Staff, hands-on IC with end-to-end ownership