Sorcero's medically-tuned intelligence platform transforms life sciences decision-making, accelerating patient access to life-saving treatments. Sorcero is a Certified B Corp headquartered in Washington, DC, founded in 2018 by pioneers in AI, public health, and personalized content. Our innovation has been recognized by multiple awards, including Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024, and six foundational medical AI patents. For more information, visit www.Sorcero.com.
Why join Sorcero?
Our growth is driven by collaboration with a network of passionate entrepreneurs to build a scalable, impactful organization. We offer flexible working arrangements and opportunities to connect with teammates across the globe, fostering a supportive community.
Our employees share these values:
Pursuit of excellence and mastery of their craft
Humility in defeat and in success
Kindness and empathy towards others
Desire to create large-scale, positive change
Sorcero builds AI-powered solutions by combining deep learning with ontologies to drive natural language understanding. Top pharma companies, scientists and researchers use our platform and applications.
The Role
We are looking for an AI Engineer with experience in enterprise SaaS environments, focusing on Generative AI and Data Science skills. The ideal candidate will have experience designing, building, and training AI-powered services for processing complex data in the life sciences domain.
You will tackle some of our most critical AI challenges:
Building robust pipelines for ingesting and processing both structured and unstructured data from diverse life sciences sources
Developing and implementing transparent and explainable AI systems that maintain scientific accuracy while delivering insights trusted by medical professionals
Creating domain-specific AI solutions that can navigate the complexity of medical and scientific language with high precision
Balancing cutting-edge AI with regulatory compliance and scientific rigor in healthcare applications
The primary languages, services, and frameworks include Python, Jupyter Notebooks, pytest, Poetry, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Google Cloud Storage, PyTorch, and LLMs within Google's Model Garden. Experience with deploying and maintaining LLM-based systems and frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) is a bonus, as is the ability to learn new technologies quickly.
The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who can execute quickly and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You will contribute to decision-making and influence the design of our services, bringing initiative and a positive, collaborative attitude. Communication is critical, as AI engineers act as ambassadors of good AI practices throughout Sorcero.
This is a challenging domain. We move fast based on scientific facts using advanced custom technology. Our products are innovative, and so is our team. This is a great opportunity to contribute meaningfully and learn while enjoying the process.
Responsibilities
Explainable AI Development:
Build AI systems with transparency and explainability at their core, enabling users to understand how conclusions are reached
Model Development & Refinement:
Collaborate with AI and MLOps teams to build and prototype new solutions for customers and for our enterprise SaaS products
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Work with product and delivery teams to design and develop AI-powered features
Model Creation & Training:
Create, train, and test models with scientific accuracy and domain relevance
Model Optimization:
Fine-tune and ground models to ensure soundness and fit-for-purpose; manage assignments from PoC to design and code delivery to MLOps
Product Understanding:
Understand products from customer and engineering perspectives
AI Advocacy:
Promote AI best practices internally and in product-team integration
Performance Indicators
Develop accurate, scalable, and explainable AI solutions addressing customer needs
Reduce processing time for complex scientific datasets while maintaining or improving accuracy
Ensure quality integration between AI systems and product features, measured by customer satisfaction
Contribute to our AI toolkit to enable other teams to work more efficiently
Balance innovation with production stability in deployed AI systems
Required Qualifications
3+ years of enterprise SaaS software development experience
3+ years of Python experience
3+ years of experience with cloud computing (GCP preferred)
Experience with Large Language Models
Experience with common data science tooling and packages
Positive and collaborative attitude
Initiative and self-motivation
Desire to continuously learn and try new tools, processes, or methodologies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Company-provided laptop and hardware
Compensation and Benefits
Sorcero is remote and globally distributed. Base salary range: $150,000-$180,000 depending on experience. Benefits include:
Three weeks PTO + 1 week December holiday recess
One week Safe & Sick leave
10 company holidays + 2 floating holidays
Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
Paid parental bonding leave
401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 5%
Company-provided laptop and hardware
Equal Opportunity Employer : Sorcero does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or other protected characteristics. We celebrate diversity. We are unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.