Overview
Crossing Hurdles is a recruitment firm that assists our clients to hire best talent.
About the Company : It is a Cognitive AI platform that automates low-level cognitive tasks involving clinical data and knowledge - tasks that underlie patient care, revenue cycle, clinical research, and population health.
Location
Remote-first (U.S. only), core hours in Pacific time. Bay Area team meets in our San Francisco office weekly; relocation encouraged.
About Role
We’re looking for a Senior Data / AI / ML Engineer (7+ years) with expertise in data-intensive systems, strong software engineering skills, and hands-on experience in AI / ML / NLP to help build and scale our clinical data intelligence platform.
What you\'ll do
- Build and improve clinical / health information extractors and summarizers that directly power applications used by clinicians daily.
- Scrape, collect, extract, transform, query, analyze, mine, and distill structured / unstructured data to evaluate system quality and performance, draw insights, and expand / refine our clinical knowledge graph.
- Build and improve supporting data / AI / ML systems and automations.
- Develop and deploy secure code, maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems and processes in compliance with HIPAA and SOC 2.
- Participate in rotating on-call duties to ensure system uptime.
Must-Have Qualifications
Strong expertise in Python and SQL , with proven ability to work with large and messy datasets.Hands-on experience in Machine Learning / NLP , particularly with classifiers, summarization, knowledge graphs, or LLMs (GenAI / LLM Ops experience is a plus).A solid track record of building production-ready, data-intensive systems (beyond research or prototypes).Previous startup or early-stage experience , with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote-first, and evolving environment.Full-stack capability – primarily backend-focused, but comfortable making quick changes in React / TypeScript when needed.High adaptability , able to handle open-ended problems, shifting priorities, and ship iteratively.Strong software engineering fundamentals , with a balance of quick problem-solving and building robust, scalable solutions.Nice-to-Have Qualifications
Background in healthcare or clinical data .An advanced degree (MSc / PhD) in CS, Engineering, or another STEM discipline from a top university.Prior experience collaborating directly with clinicians or domain experts .Why candidates should join
Make an impact : Help clinicians save hours per patient by turning raw health data into actionable insights.Work on cutting-edge AI : Apply LLMs, knowledge graphs, and advanced NLP to real-world healthcare problems.Grow with us : Join a fast-moving Series A startup (~20 people) where your work ships quickly and shapes the product.#J-18808-Ljbffr