AI Scientist

Company: Harnham
Location: Amherst
Posted on: February 26, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description AI Scientist / Research Engineer (Applied Research) Location: New York City Remote: Hybrid (minimum 3 days on-site) Salary: Top-of-market base salary equity Visa: No sponsorship Company AI-driven healthcare technology company building a next-generation platform to automate complex revenue. With access to real-world, high-stakes datasets, the company focuses on deploying cutting-edge machine learning research directly into production environments. The Role Conduct applied machine learning research on large-scale, real-world healthcare data. Design and train advanced models focused on explainability, reinforcement learning, and long-context information retrieval. Move rapidly from research concepts to production-ready systems with measurable business impact. Design experiments, evaluate models, and contribute end-to-end code from prototype to deployment. Collaborate closely with MLOps, product, and engineering teams to operationalize research outcomes. Desired Profile PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Informatics, or a closely related field. 3 years of industry or postdoctoral experience in applied ML research. Strong publication record at top-tier venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, EMNLP, MLHC, CHIL, or equivalent. Hands-on experience building novel architectures and pipelines using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX. Background in one or more of the following: model interpretability, reinforcement learning, retrieval-augmented generation, or long-context retrieval.

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