Lead ML/AI Engineer

Children's National Hospital - Silver Spring, MD

Full-time - Senior

Silver Spring, MD

Hospitals

About the position

The Lead Machine Learning/AI Engineer will spearhead strategic initiatives and oversee the end-to-end development of cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions. This role involves defining project scopes, setting technical direction, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex models and systems. The engineer will lead cross-functional teams, manage high-impact research and development efforts, and drive innovation within the organization, while optimizing and integrating large-scale data architectures and ensuring operational excellence of machine learning solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and research around complex Machine Learning (ML) systems, models, and schemes.
• Identify differences and complex use cases of ML algorithms and apply findings to enable business decisions.
• Lead the maintenance and support of ML/AI software platforms by reviewing and solving issues.
• Communicate business objectives and develop complex models that help achieve them, along with metrics to track progress.
• Lead the writing of complex software documentation and code to extract data from various databases.
• Manage available resources such as hardware, data, and personnel to meet deadlines and deploy predictive models.
• Analyze ML algorithms that could solve given problems and rank them by success probability.
• Explore and visualize data to understand it and verify data quality.
• Analyze errors of the model and implement strategies to overcome them.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science).
• 10 years of related experience or equivalent experience.
• Experience with programming languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, R, and SQL.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Predictive Modeling.
• Experience with compute clouds and creating database schemas.
• Knowledge of Open CV and Linux.
• Demonstrated analytical and project management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with machine learning algorithms and software engineering practices.
• Ability to work independently and drive multiple projects to successful completion.
• Attention to detail and ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Benefits

• Full-time salary range: $164,071 - $273,451
• Regular full-time position with a day shift schedule from 8 AM to 5 PM.