Position Overview 

PhaseV is a technology company that redefines clinical development at scale with its enterprise-ready, multi-modal AI/ML platform. With over $65M raised from top investors, we are poised to make a significant impact on how drugs are developed and brought to market - ultimately helping effective treatments reach patients faster. 

We are seeking a talented and driven Applied AI Engineer to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to have a direct and real-world impact using AI by helping redefine how clinical trials are designed, optimized, and run. As an Applied AI Engineer, you will also join a high-caliber, multidisciplinary, cross-functional team spanning engineering, data science, and product. 

This role sits at the intersection of applied AI and product development, with a strong focus on building, deploying, and supporting production-grade AI systems that operate at scale. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in NLP and LLMs alongside proven experience building AI-powered services. 

Key Responsibilities 

Technical Development: 

• Build and maintain scalable, production-grade generative AI pipelines that integrate updating unstructured and structured data. 
• Research and develop robust agentic systems to solve complex clinical problems.
• Develop evaluation frameworks for AI systems in clinical contexts. 
• Optimize representation and retrieval strategies to support explainable outputs.
• Contribute to architectural decisions around AI services, APIs, and model orchestration frameworks. 

Research & Analysis: 

• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in AI, machine learning, and related fields, exploring how emerging technologies can be applied to improve products and services.
•  Document and present methodologies and results for internal and external stakeholders. 

Collaboration: 

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and product teams. 
• Contribute to technical discussions and peer code reviews. 
• Support the preparation of technical documentation and research papers. 

Qualifications 

Education: 

• Master's in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or a related field 
• Ph.D. is an advantage but not required 

Experience: 

• Strong understanding of NLP, LLMs, entity recognition, and evaluation techniques.
• Experience designing and using embedding-based representations, including similarity search and retrieval workflows.
• Hands-on experience building agentic workflows in production environments.
• Proven experience working with unstructured data (e.g., free text, documents, notes) and applying techniques to transform it into structured formats. 
  
  

Skills: 

• Strong programming skills in Python. 
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts. 
• Experience with data visualization. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. 

Preferred: 

• Experience in the healthcare or biotech industry. 
• Experience with clinical data. 
• Experience with large-scale data processing.