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Senior Symbolic AI Java Engineer

Mendel.ai

Mendel.ai

Software Engineering, Data Science
San Jose, CA, USA
Posted on Friday, September 8, 2023

At Mendel, we harness AI to revolutionize healthcare. Our ambition is to ensure every patient's journey informs healthcare decisions, optimizing treatment plans and promoting drug discoveries. Through comprehensive analysis of patient health records, we aspire to deliver timely and precise care. If you share our zeal for healthcare advancement through technology, let's reshape the future together.

About the Role

  • As a Symbolic AI Engineer at Mendel, you will be responsible for developing and implementing highly efficient symbolic AI algorithms and models to extract knowledge from structured and unstructured healthcare data as well as effectively reasoning over knowledge bases to answer user questions. You will work closely with our AI/ML, clinical, and engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy symbolic AI solutions that will help our customers make better healthcare decisions. Your role is integral to developing and deploying Mendel’s product offerings. You must balance technical expertise with an innovative and analytical mindset to develop symbolic AI solutions that can transform healthcare data into actionable insights.


    Responsibilities:

    1. Implement highly efficient symbolic AI algorithms and models to extract knowledge from structured and unstructured healthcare data as well as reasoning over knowledge bases to answer complex user questions.
    2. Collaborate with the AI, clinical, and engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy symbolic AI systems.
    3. Evaluate the performance of symbolic AI models on customer data and collaborate with the AI team to improve results.
    4. Perform Manual Error Analysis (MEA) on the output of your symbolic AI systems to get the needed feedback to improve their quality performance.
    5. Support the successful technical execution of POCs and production implementations while writing production-grade code.
    6. Collaborate and maintain a close working relationship with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, clinical, and sales teams.

    Basic Qualifications:

    1. Strong engineering background in Computer Science and Software Engineering.
    2. Prior experience in building complex systems/engines that use efficient data structures and algorithms such as compilers and search engines.
    3. 8+ years of software developing and implementing symbolic AI algorithms and models.
    4. A highly analytical mindset and capacity to abstract complex concepts as this is a necessity for working with symbolic AI.
    5. Proficiency with Java or Scala.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    1. Knowledge of industry standard technologies in the Data Science and Machine Learning space.
    2. Healthcare domain experience and handling EMR data will be a plus.
    3. Experience with symbolic AI is a plus.

    At Mendel, we believe in the transformative potential of technology. We offer a dynamic and rewarding work environment, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits. If you share our passion for innovation and making a difference in healthcare, Mendel could be the place for you. Join us as we work to improve the future of healthcare.

Nice to Have:

  • Healthcare domain experience and handling EMR data will be a plus

Compensation

$200,000 - $250,000

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S.:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire salaries in U.S. locations. For non-sales roles, the hiring ranges reflect base salary and do not include bonuses, equity, or benefits. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive target, and do not include equity or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

Why should you join our team:

At Mendel, we believe in the transformative potential of technology. We offer a dynamic and rewarding work environment, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits. If you share our passion for innovation and making a difference in healthcare, Mendel could be the place for you. Join us as we work to improve the future of healthcare.

Mendel is a very collaborative environment. You will be taking ownership of your work and collaborate directly with different teams to see it going into production and used by customers. At the same time, you will be mentored by world class AI scientists, software engineers, and clinical and business leaders. Hear from our team here.