Senior AI Engineer / Lead Machine Learning Engineer (Remote)

Job Category: AI
Job Type: Full Time Remote
Job Location: Europe

We’re hiring for a California-based biotech startup that’s building AI-powered health solutions at scale. This is a leadership role where you’ll drive the company’s transition to a data-centric, AI-first platform, owning strategy and execution end-to-end. You’ll work closely with the CTO and play a critical role in shaping the AI roadmap.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead the design and deployment of machine learning systems across the product
  • Translate business goals into scalable AI and data architectures
  • Build ML models for microbiome and health applications (predictive analytics, personalization, image processing)
  • Collaborate closely with biologists, engineers, and product stakeholders
  • Optimize models for scale, reliability, and real-time performance
  • Establish governance for model lifecycle, compliance, and ethical AI practices

What We’re Looking For

  • 10+ years of experience building and deploying ML-driven systems
  • Strong hands-on engineering background with ownership of complex projects
  • Experience designing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines (Python, Node.js preferred)
  • Solid understanding of ML algorithms and statistical methods
  • Cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Comfortable working in fast-moving, cross-functional startup environments
  • Bonus: healthcare or genomics data, data governance, research or publications

Why This Role

  • 100% remote — work from anywhere in Europe or South America
  • High-impact leadership role with real ownership
  • Competitive compensation with equity
  • Mission-driven work improving health outcomes
  • Flexible remote culture and paid time off

Apply via Remotiee
Share your CV (in English) with updated contact details. Shortlisted candidates will move quickly through the process.

Apply for this position

Allowed Type(s): .pdf, .doc, .docx