Research Scientist
Layer Health · New York, NY; Boston, MA
Match pending Not specified Posted 2026-10-19
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About the role
This is an ML Research Engineer opportunity with a Series A healthtech company using LLMs to automate clinical chart abstraction. You’ll sit between research and production, turning new methods into things that work. You’ll build ML infrastructure and evaluation tooling, run experiments, and ship improvements to the core models. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of ML infrastructure experience and 5 to 7+ years of backend experience. The role is hybrid, 2 to 3 days a week in NYC or Boston. We're looking for someone curious, pragmatic, and eager to work across the stack with a small senior team. You'll own end-to-end delivery of major features, influence architecture, and mentor engineers.
What you'll do
- Ship customer-facing features on a weekly cadence.
- Partner with design and product on scoping and trade-offs.
- Drive technical quality through review, testing, and docs.
- Mentor one or two engineers on your team.
Requirements
LLMsPythonGoRust
Hiring process
- Application review · 2 days
- Recruiter screen · 30 min
- Technical interview · 90 min
- Onsite loop · 3–4 hours
- Offer
Company
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Layer Health
Team not listed · — applicants
Mission-driven team building for a global audience. Remote-first, async-leaning, ships twice a week.
Why you'd fit
- Your top skills match 4/5 requirements
- Salary range matches your preferences
- Location match: New York, NY; Boston, MA
- Add 2 more healthcare projects to your profile to lift your match score