[Remote] Staff AI Researcher- Generative AI

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aledade, Inc. is focused on improving health through technology for primary care physicians. The Staff AI Researcher will develop and implement AI solutions using extensive medical data, collaborating with engineering and analytics teams to enhance healthcare outcomes. Responsibilities • Build working prototypes using off-the-shelf and novel AI techniques to deliver higher optimization levels for the company. • Work with large, complex data sets. Solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems to harvest data. • Re-design current pipelines and systems to meet the growing data and query needs. • Implement techniques for fine-tuning and adapting pre-trained generative models to specific healthcare domains or tasks. • Develop evaluation metrics and benchmarks to assess the quality and performance of AI/ML models. • Experience in designing and implementing feature engineering pipelines, including data processing, feature extraction, and transformation to optimize model performance. • Set and uphold the standard for engineering processes to support high-quality engineering, including style and code checking, test harnesses, and release packaging. • Deliver working POC solutions solving speed, scalability and time-to-market tradeoffs. Skills • BS/BTech (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field required. • 3+ years of relevant deep learning and LLM work experience. • 8+ years of relevant machine learning and statistical analysis experience. • 3+ years or Python language experience. • Experience in addressing challenges from incomplete, unrepresentative, and mislabeled data. • Experience working with large-scale distributed systems at scale and statistical software (e.g. Spark). • 3+ years of demonstrated proficiency in selecting the right tools given a data optimization problem. • Ph.D. or Master's degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Computer Science[with AI/ML Major], Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent practical experience. • Proficiency in communicating analysis and establishing confidence among audiences who do not share your disciplinary background or training. • Experience with security and systems that handle sensitive data. • Experience with Databricks/MLflow. • Experience with designing and implementing production-ready agentic systems. • Proficiency in at least one major deep learning framework (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, etc), with the ability to design and implement deep learning architectures. • Demonstrated leadership and self-direction. • First-author publications at peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, JSM, KDD, EMNLP). • Winners in ACM-ICPC, NOI/IOI, Kaggle. • Working knowledge of health-tech systems, like Electronic Health Records, Clinical data, etc. Company Overview • Aledade is the largest network of independent primary care, enabling clinicians to deliver better patient outcomes and generate more savings revenue through value-based care. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.aledade.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • Aledade, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 13 in 2025, 12 in 2024, 7 in 2023, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.