Founding Forward-Deployed ML Engineer

Clera - remote - Global - Construction & Infrastructure

About the Role

This is a founding-team opportunity at a small, fast-moving healthtech AI company building evidence infrastructure for safety-critical medical imaging AI. As a Founding Forward-Deployed ML Engineer, you will sit at the intersection of research, product deployment, and clinical operations — working directly with hospital partners to evaluate and deploy medical imaging AI in real-world clinical settings.

You will play a central role in bridging the gap between benchmark performance and clinical reliability, translating AI models into trusted tools for patient care. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role suited to someone who is equally comfortable writing code, navigating clinical environments, and driving cross-functional projects to completion.

Work arrangement: Hybrid, on-site in Sunnyvale, CA. Travel to hospital partner sites required as needed.

Visa sponsorship: Not available.

What You'll Do

  • Build reproducible evaluation pipelines and validation workflows for medical imaging AI in clinical settings.

  • Lead forward-deployed engagements by working on-site with hospital partners to integrate models into clinical workflows.

  • Analyze model generalization, failure modes, and uncertainty to inform clinical reliability assessments.

  • Integrate ML models into clinical imaging systems and radiology pipelines (DICOM/PACS).

  • Translate clinical needs into technical requirements and drive cross-functional projects through to completion.

  • Support regulatory submissions and clinical evaluations (FDA pathways such as 510(k) and De Novo) and maintain related documentation.

  • Ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance (HIPAA) across all ML deployments.

  • Establish and maintain MLOps practices for deployment, monitoring, and ongoing evaluation.

What We're Looking For

Required (dealbreakers):

  • 2+ years of Machine Learning / Engineering experience.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.

Required skills & experience:

  • Hands-on expertise in medical imaging workflows and integration: DICOM/PACS, radiology pipelines, and integrating ML models into clinical systems.

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