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Staff ML Engineer

Storm3
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/9/2026

About the Role

Early-stage, well-funded healthcare AI startup focused on reducing waste in the U.S. healthcare system by improving care decisions through data and AI.


Role Overview

Seeking a Staff/Senior AI Engineer to own development of core platform components, including models that assess appropriate patient care. This is a hybrid role in San Francisco (2–3 days/week) with high ownership and cross-functional responsibility (backend data ML).


What You’ll Do

  • Build LLM/NLU systems to process clinical notes and medical records, and generate care recommendations
  • Develop evaluation frameworks, benchmarking, and model governance for reliable AI systems
  • Design and scale secure data pipelines handling sensitive healthcare data
  • Partner with engineering to integrate ML systems into production applications

Key Technical Challenges

  • Extracting and structuring insights from unstructured medical records
  • Improving LLM reliability and accuracy for clinical decision support
  • Evaluating provider adherence to medical guidelines
  • Building explainable AI systems for healthcare use cases

Tech Stack

  • AWS (ECS, Bedrock, Cognito), Docker
  • Python, Django, Celery
  • PostgreSQL (RDS), S3
  • Github, CI/CD tools

Requirements

  • 5 years building and deploying production backend/data systems
  • Experience developing LLM-based systems for structured unstructured data
  • Strong understanding of LLM limitations and best practices
  • Ability to operate in a startup environment with high ownership

Nice to Have

  • Experience working with medical records or healthcare data (HIPAA)
  • Background in clinical assessments, claims, or care guidelines
  • Experience with data pipelines and ML infrastructure (MLOps)
  • Generalist engineering background (backend ML)

Why Join

  • High-impact problem in healthcare
  • Early-stage ownership equity
  • Work closely with experienced founders
  • Hybrid SF with flexible culture

Salary : $225,000 - $260,000

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