Director of Clinical AI/NLP Search
Remote or Pasadena, CA
Deep6.ai
Explore clinical trials AI with Deep 6 AI, trusted technology leveraging artificial intelligence in clinical research using real-world data.We are looking for an experienced Clinical NLP expert to lead and execute the continuous development and innovation of the Deep 6 AI platform. This is both a visionary and hands-on role. You will review, select and implement the most appropriate AI/NLP approaches to mine unstructured clinical data across millions of records in real-time, optimizing for performance and cost, and maintaining Deep 6 AI’s leadership in clinical NLP.
This role presents an opportunity for an exceptional hands-on AI leader to build a team of data scientists and ML engineers, while driving our AI/ML strategic initiatives.
Your mission will be to elevate Deep 6 AI's AI and ML capabilities to unprecedented heights, positioning us as the foremost provider of AI-driven solutions in the clinical trials space. You will lead the development of innovative, AI-powered features and functionalities. You will establish key performance metrics to track the team’s impact, while fostering collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, gathering feedback, and driving continuous improvement. You will enhance our reputation as a true leader in AI-driven clinical trials acceleration through thought leadership and industry recognition.
What You'll Do
- Lead the development and productization of advanced AI-powered features and functionalities to enrich our product suite, utilizing advanced AI/ML techniques to push the boundaries of what is possible in clinical trials acceleration.
- Bring best practices to the team, enabling and empowering its contributors with best-in-class tooling and techniques.
- Establish and maintain key performance metrics to track the effectiveness of the initiatives under your purview.
- Foster collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to gather feedback and drive continuous improvement.
- Enhance Deep 6 AI's reputation as a leader in AI-driven clinical trials acceleration through thought leadership and industry recognition.
- Build a world-class team of data scientists and ML engineers.
About You
- Broad and deep expertiseacross a wide range of proven or promising clinicalNLP and AI techniques applied to large volumes of clinicaldata.
- Experience with modern AI/ML/NLP techniques, including models like BERT, and techniques like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), along with familiarity with tools, frameworks, and infrastructure like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and MLOps platforms.
- Strong background in applied machine learning, with hands-on experience developing and deploying production-ready modelsin a live client setting.
- Experience working with healthcare data, especially HL7, FHIR and NCCM guidelines.
- Strong player-coach mentality, with an ability to drive the hands-on needs of leading the search/enrichment team. Proven record of accomplishment, leading successful Data/AI/ML initiatives within a product-focused environment.
- Experience with database technologies, especially Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, and DynamoDB.
- Demonstrated passion for staying up to date with the latest AI/ML research and trends, along with a record of accomplishment of driving innovation.
- Commitment to responsible AI principles, with an ability to navigate ethical considerations around application of AI to sensitive data.
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and data product development.
- Conceptual understanding of streaming data ingestion and ETL processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Healthcare Experience: Familiarity with healthcare applications and compliance requirements.
- Cloud Services: Experience with cloud-based data processing and storage services.
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools.
While specific expertise in our tech stack is beneficial, we value adaptability and a willingness to learn. Out tech stack includes:
- Java (Kotlin), Python, TypeScript
- AWS Services, Docker
- FHIR Servers (HAPI, AidBox)
- Elasticsearch, RDS, DynamoDB
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions
- Monitoring: OpenTelemetry, AWS X-Ray, Datadog, Pendo
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: AWS BERT CI/CD Clinical NLP Docker DynamoDB Elasticsearch ETL GitHub HL7 Java Machine Learning MLOps NLP PostgreSQL Python PyTorch RAG Research Responsible AI SDLC Streaming TensorFlow TypeScript
Perks/benefits: 401(k) matching Career development Competitive pay Health care Insurance Startup environment
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