Autonomize - Senior Machine Learning Engineer - NLP/LLM (5-9 yrs)

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Autonomize, you will lead the development and deployment of machine learning solutions with an emphasis on large language models (LLMs), Vision models, as well as classic machine learning models. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record with relevant experience in these areas, particularly within healthcare contexts, and will play a significant role in advancing our healthcare-optimized AI Copilots and Agents.

Responsibilities :

- Fine-tune or prompt engineers large language models (LLMs) for various healthcare applications across various customer engagements.

- Develop and refine our approach to handling vision based data using state-of-the-art VLM based models capable of processing and analyzing medical documents, healthcare forms in various formats and other visual data accurately.

- Create and enhance classic NLP models to understand and generate human language in healthcare settings, supporting clinical charts and patient interaction.

- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, including data scientists, ML engineers, team leads, healthcare clients, and product managers to deliver robust solutions.

- Ensure models are efficiently deployed and integrated into healthcare systems, maintaining high performance and scalability.

- Mentor and guide junior engineers and data scientists, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

- Conduct rigorous testing, validation, and tuning of models to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance with healthcare standards.

- Deep understanding of various training techniques, including distributed training on GPUs and TPUs.

- Stay informed on the latest research, tools, and technologies in machine learning, particularly those applicable to language and vision processing in healthcare.

- Document methodologies, model architectures, and project outcomes effectively for both technical and non-technical audiences.

- Help with analyzing and understanding key customer use cases for new requirements for model building and fine-tuning.

- Conduct benchmarks against various SOTA models and publish findings.

Requirements :

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.

- 5-7 years of experience in machine learning engineering, with a significant track record in the developing production grade models and model pipelines in a regulated industry such as healthcare.

- Hands-on expertise in working with large language models (e. g., GPT, BERT), computer vision

models, RL, and classic NLP technologies.

- Working knowledge of multimodal RAG patterns.

- Proficient in programming languages such as Python, with extensive experience in ML

libraries/frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, OpenCV, etc.

- Strong understanding of deep learning techniques, model fine-tuning, hyperparameter

optimization, and model optimization.

- Proven experience in deploying and managing ML models in production environments.

- Excellent analytical skills, with a problem-solving mindset and the ability to think strategically.

- Strong communication skills for articulating complex concepts to diverse audiences.

- Working knowledge or experience in MLOps and LLMOps using tools like mlflow, kubeflow.

- Working knowledge of basic software engineering principles and best practices.

- Demonstrated working knowledge and experience with classic ML techniques and frameworks.

- Nice to have : Knowledge of Cloud vendor-based ML Platforms such as Azure ML, Sagemaker.