Machine Learning Engineer
Build clinical NLP models that understand patient conversations.
About the Role
We're looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to develop and deploy the clinical NLP models at the heart of Medelic. You'll work on understanding natural patient conversations, extracting structured medical information, and ensuring our models meet the highest standards of clinical accuracy.
This is a unique opportunity to work on ML that directly impacts patient care. Every model improvement you make translates to better triage decisions and better outcomes for real patients.
What You'll Do
- Develop NLP models for clinical entity extraction and symptom understanding
- Fine-tune and deploy large language models for medical dialogue
- Build evaluation frameworks to measure clinical accuracy and safety
- Collaborate with clinicians to understand domain requirements
- Design and implement model monitoring and feedback loops
- Optimise models for real-time inference with strict latency requirements
- Contribute to our clinical safety evaluation processes
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in ML/NLP roles
- Strong experience with transformer-based models and LLMs
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, Hugging Face)
- Experience deploying models to production at scale
- Understanding of evaluation metrics and methodology for NLP systems
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly
Nice to Have
- Experience with clinical/biomedical NLP
- Familiarity with SNOMED-CT, ICD-10, or other medical ontologies
- Background in speech recognition or dialogue systems
- Publications in NLP or clinical informatics
- Experience with model safety and alignment techniques
Our Stack
Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Ray, Weights & Biases, GCP (Vertex AI), Kubernetes. We stay close to the state of the art and aren't afraid to adopt new approaches when they make sense.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: £85,000 - £120,000 depending on experience
- Equity: Meaningful equity stake in a growing company
- Private health insurance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- £1,500 annual learning budget
- Flexible working (hybrid or remote)
- Enhanced parental leave
Interested?
Send your CV and a brief note about why you're interested to careers@medelic.com. No cover letter required—just tell us what excites you about the role.
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