Program Engineer 1

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Program Engineer 1

• Job Number: 25191

• Functional Area: Research - Engineering

• Department: Jameel Clinic for ML in Health

• School Area: Schwarzman College of Computing

• Pay Range Minimum: $73,000

• Pay Range Maximum: $111,000

• Employment Type: Full-Time

• Employment Category: Exempt

• Visa Sponsorship Available: No

• Schedule: M-F

• Pay Grade: No Grade

Posting Description

MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER, Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning, will lead deploying machine learning models developed in our labs; collaborate with researchers to improve novel algorithms; customize models for industry and healthcare partners; drive open-source software efforts; contribute to grant proposals, academic papers, and reports; and ensure seamless integration of AI technologies in diagnostics, treatment personalization, and outcome prediction.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: A minimum of two years of software engineering experience in ML/AI projects; strong Python programming skills; proficiency with deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch); experience with model deployment using Docker, Kubernetes, or similar; and excellent communication ability to convey complex technical work to non-technical stakeholders. PREFERRED: Experience with MLOps tools/practices (monitoring models, handling model drift, continuous integration/continuous deployment); domain familiarity in biotech, computational biology, medical imaging, drug discovery; experience with geometric deep learning; and cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

This position is located in Cambridge, MA (MIT Jameel Clinic).

Please submit a Resume/CV; portfolio or GitHub with ML work; interviews will include technical challenge and discussion of past work.

Start date is flexible, ideally immediate.

Work is conducted on-site or hybrid; lab access; computational resource support; collaborative environment.

9/12/2025