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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI

Drive Health
Gilbert, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2025 CLOSED ON 12/26/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI position at Drive Health?

What You’ll Do

  • Lead high-impact AI initiatives, building and deploying advanced algorithms to tackle meaningful challenges in healthcare.
  • Design and implement innovative techniques that ensure conversational voice agents are safe, accurate, empathetic, and reliable.
  • Develop LLM-powered voice AI systems that deliver natural, human-like experiences.
  • Partner closely with cross-functional teams to make decisions, move quickly, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
  • Lead a talented team of ML engineers and scientists, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.
  • Stay ahead of trends in generative AI, identifying and integrating the right technologies safely and effectively.

What We’re Looking For

  • 10 years of hands-on experience in machine learning, including at least 6 years in NLP model development and evaluation.
  • 3 years of experience improving factual accuracy and reducing hallucinations using approaches like PEFT or grounding models.
  • 3 years of proven technical leadership experience, leading teams of 4–6 ML engineers/scientists, in a startup or fast-moving environment.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and deep learning frameworks.
  • A collaborative, self-motivated mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive progress from concept to execution.

Bonus Points

Experience with voice AI, including optimizing speech-to-text (STT) and text-to-speech (TTS) models.

Familiarity with orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph.

Experience working with healthcare data and understanding the unique challenges of regulated environments.

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