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Senior Applied Researcher AI/ML (US)

PointClickCareRemote - USEngineering
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Salary
$182,700 - $203K USD
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
9 Mar 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

PointClickCare is seeking a Senior Applied Researcher AI/ML for a remote position across the United States. This full-time role within the Advanced Technology and Applied AI Research team suits an innovative machine learning professional aiming to solve complex healthcare challenges. The successful candidate will design, build, and evaluate advanced model systems that transform patient care and support thousands of provider organizations.

Key Responsibilities

Build and scale machine learning, generative AI, and large language model solutions into large-scale cloud-based SaaS production environments.
Partner with clinical informaticists, product leaders, data scientists, engineers, and healthcare professionals to design high-value capabilities.
Create predictive models, semantic search applications, text summarization tools, recommenders, and classification systems using structured and unstructured healthcare data.
Conduct research, data experimentation, algorithm selection, data collection, model training, prompt tuning, and parameter fine-tuning.
Implement responsible AI evaluation methods, incorporating tools like LLM-as-judge, RAGAS, and LangSmith alongside custom safety and quality metrics.
Collaborate across functions to share knowledge and foster team capabilities.

Requirements

Educational background as a Ph.D. graduate with one or more years of related industry experience, or a Master's graduate with four or more years of industry experience including at least one year directly tied to healthcare machine learning and AI.
Demonstrated industry background through multiple major commercial SaaS product releases.
Practical, hands-on experience handling healthcare data such as electronic health records, admission, discharge, and transfer data, and clinical notes.
Strong proficiency in Python, alongside familiarity with Java or other programming languages.
Solid capabilities in SQL and data engineering tailored for artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Experience processing large datasets via big data frameworks like Apache Spark, Databricks, or Azure Data Lake.
Deep understanding of transformer models and prompt tuning or parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods like LoRA and QLoRA using Hugging Face.
Familiarity with machine learning packages including PyTorch, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, and LightGBM.
Operational knowledge of public cloud infrastructure such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, paired with version control and CI/CD pipelines.

Nice to Have

Background in reinforcement learning or reinforcement learning from human feedback.
Natural language processing techniques for semantic search, extraction, classification, or summarization.
Experience building retrieval-augmented generation pipelines or agentic frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex.

Skills and Tools

Python
PyTorch
SQL
AWS
Azure
Java
Spark
LLM
NLP
LangChain
RAG

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary range between $182,700 and $203,000 USD.

About the Company

PointClickCare is a founder-led, privately held health technology company dedicated to helping providers deliver exceptional care. The organization operates a platform serving over 30,000 provider organizations with the largest long-term and post-acute care dataset in the industry. Recognized as a top private cloud company by Forbes and honored for its corporate culture, PointClickCare reinvests significantly into research and development to foster innovation and human-first healthcare solutions.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official PointClickCare careers page to submit an application for this remote position.

Skills and tech stack

PythonPyTorchSQLAWSAzureJavaSparkLLMNLPLangChainRAG

Questions candidates ask

What is the salary range for this remote role?

The annual salary ranges from $182,700 to $203,000 USD.

What qualifications are needed regarding education and experience?

Candidates must either hold a Ph.D. with at least one year of related industry experience or a Master's degree with four or more years of industry experience, including a minimum of one year directly focused on healthcare machine learning and AI.

What programming languages and tools are required?

Proficiency in Python and SQL is required, with additional familiarity in Java, PyTorch, big data frameworks like Apache Spark or Databricks, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.

Is travel required for this remote position?

Yes, remote roles may require travel to and from the Mississauga or Salt Lake City offices for specific events such as onboarding, team gatherings, and semi-annual or annual meetings.

What kind of data will I be working with?

You will work directly with healthcare data, including electronic health records, admission, discharge, and transfer data, and clinical notes.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official PointClickCare careers page.

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