AI Tech Lead – Europe

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Develop the intelligence for Virtusan’s health coach by transforming biometric and behavioral signals into tailored programs.

• Utilize wearable and in-app data to generate insights on recovery, stress, and sleep based on individual baselines and trend analysis.

• Standardize metrics across different device manufacturers, prioritize data sources by reliability, and manage missing data and transitions between devices.

• Customize protocol sequences by dosage and timing through classical machine learning, contextual bandits, sequential recommenders, or reinforcement learning methods.

• Analyze user behavior and biometric feedback to determine which protocols are effective for specific individuals.

• Establish offline metrics, online experiments, and production monitoring for each model and LLM feature.

• Oversee the AI platform roadmap, including training and serving pipelines, data quality, and architecture utilizing the Python and Azure stack.

• Document and communicate significant architectural and modeling decisions through RFCs, ADRs, and comparable documentation.

• Integrate privacy measures and secure management of sensitive health data within the system design.

• Collaborate with product, design, and marketing teams to shape AI features and clarify model capabilities and constraints.

• Prototype, assess, and transition code into production environments.

• Act as the technical authority for AI within the engineering team and establish standards for the group.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in ML/AI engineering.

• More than 2 years in a leadership position.

• Proven track record of taking at least one product from conception to production.

• Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, and production MLOps on Azure or another leading cloud platform.

• Experience with time series analysis, recommender systems, causal/uplift methods, and strong statistical knowledge.

• Familiarity with A/B testing, model evaluation, and production monitoring.

• Knowledge of LLMs and LangGraph or similar technologies on Azure OpenAI, with an understanding of when not to apply them.

• Experience in a tech lead or staff engineer role, making technical decisions within a team of engineers.

• Awareness of privacy considerations in managing health data.

• Located in Europe.

• Proficient in English.

• Nice to have: experience with bandits, reinforcement learning, or off-policy evaluation.

• Nice to have: background in health or wearable data.

• Nice to have: experience with literature mining.

• Nice to have: integration of AI in engineering workflows, including coding agents, AI-assisted testing, and continuous integration.

• A CV and responses to 2 out of 3 application questions are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• 12-month contract.

• Engagement as a freelancer or independent contractor.

• 42 hours of work per week.

• Option for remote work within the European Economic Area.

• Opportunity to develop Virtusan’s AI platform and the intelligence behind its health coach.

• Hands-on involvement in AI architecture, modeling, training, and serving pipelines.

• Collaboration with product, design, and marketing teams.

• Work on digital health, wearable, and biometric data products.