Job Title: Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

Join our dynamic team dedicated to enhancing market access strategies and patient support initiatives through cutting-edge technology. We are a group of engaged developers committed to building reliable, scalable systems that solve direct customer problems. We aim to leverage AI technologies to analyze complex documents and provide performant and scalable solutions for data extraction. If you are a self-directed, result-driven candidate who appreciates challenges and enjoys collaboration, this opportunity is for you.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the team, including programming, code reviews, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor team members on software development best practices and latest technologies.
• Offer architectural guidance and oversee technical decisions across projects.
• Stay updated with the latest AI technologies in ML/NLP/LLM and apply document understanding algorithms/models to solve business problems.
• Actively participate in the complete data science lifecycle from model development to deployment and quality monitoring.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop new data extraction pipelines or improve existing ones.
• Ensure timely delivery of solutions by adhering to project timelines.
• Assist with troubleshooting technical incidents and participate in post-incident analysis.
• Conduct technical reviews of code samples and participate in technical interviews.
• As a project technical lead, work with teams outside of Engineering to ensure all stakeholders understand project goals and timelines.

Essential Skills

• 8 years of software development experience and 5 years with machine learning/natural language processing/large language models.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Expertise in modern ML/LLM tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, RAG, LangChain.
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to design distributed and scalable systems with knowledge of common architecture technologies like message queue.
• Experience working with cloud technology stacks such as AWS.
• Proficiency in writing and reading RESTful APIs.
• Experience in communicating directly with customers to synthesize their requirements.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Expertise in document understanding, information retrieval, or PDF parsing.
• Experience in LLM agentic design patterns.

Work Environment

This role offers a fully remote work environment within Canada, allowing you to work in your own time zone. You will initially start as a 4-6 month contract with potential conversion thereafter. We foster a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and teamwork, providing autonomy and support for professional growth.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $72.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

À propos d'Actalent:

Actalent est un chef de file mondial des services d’ingénierie et de sciences et des solutions de talents. Nous aidons les entreprises visionnaires à faire progresser leurs initiatives en matière d’ingénierie et de science en leur donnant accès à des experts spécialisés qui favorisent la mise à l’échelle, l’innovation et la mise en marché rapide. Avec un réseau de près de 30 000 consultants et plus de 4 500 clients aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Actalent est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du classement Fortune 500.

Actalent est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l’âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d’ancien combattant, d’un handicap, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

Si vous souhaitez faire une demande d’accommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou l’ajustement du processus de demande d’emploi ou d’entrevue à cause d’un handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com pour connaître d’autres options d’accommodement.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

Salary : $60 - $72