Heartflow
Healthcare
StaffSoftwareEngineer/TechLead,MLInfrastructure
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“Staff Software Engineer / Tech Lead, ML Infrastructure at Heartflow. Skills: ML Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, MLOps. Act as technical lead. Mentor small team”
Industry & Context.
First-principles thinking; Break down complex challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years software engineering experience, Focus on ML infrastructure, Focus on distributed systems, Focus on MLOps, Mentoring peers history, Leading technical projects history, High proficiency in Python, Deep understanding distributed computing, Optimize heavy compute workloads, Optimize cloud-data workloads
Nice to Have
Excitement to act as technical anchor
What You'll Do.
Act as technical lead
Unblock technical hurdles
Write high-performance Python code
Utilize frameworks like Ray
Architect distributed computing platforms
Maintain distributed computing platforms
Spearhead deployment ML algorithms
Ensure models run efficiently
Design cloud-data systems
Integrate cloud-data systems
Manage lifecycle medical datasets
Work cross-functionally researchers
Work cross-functionally engineers
Understand model development
Solve ML training needs
Solve ML serving needs
Solve production monitoring needs
Utilize AI development tools
Accelerate engineering workflows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functionally with researchers; Cross-functionally with engineers
Communication Scope
Well-communicated solutions
Process & Methodology
System design, Technical execution
Full Job Description
Heartflow is a medical technology company advancing the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease, the #1 cause of death worldwide, using cutting-edge technology. The flagship product—an AI-driven, non-invasive cardiac test supported by the ACC/AHA Chest Pain Guidelines called the Heartflow FFRCT Analysis—provides a color-coded, 3D model of a patient’s coronary arteries indicating the impact blockages have on blood flow to the heart. Heartflow is the first AI-driven non-invasive integrated heart care solution across the CCTA pathway that helps clinicians identify stenoses in the coronary arteries (RoadMap™Analysis), assess coronary blood flow (FFRCT Analysis), and characterize and quantify coronary atherosclerosis (Plaque Analysis). Our pipeline of products is growing and so is our team; join us in helping to revolutionize precision heartcare. Heartflow is a publicly traded company (HTFL) that has received international recognition for exceptional strides in healthcare innovation, is supported by medical societies around the world, cleared for use in the US, UK, Europe, Japan and Canada, and has been used for more than 500,000 patients worldwide. Location: Hybrid / San Francisco, CA What's the role? We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to act as the technical anchor for a small, focused team working on Data and ML infrastructure. Your work will directly support large-scale machine learning applied to precision healthcare. This is a highly technical, player-coach role. You will set the architectural vision and guide the day-to-day technical execution of the team, remaining deeply hands-on in the codebase. Whether you are already a seasoned tech lead or a Staff Individual Contributor (IC) ready to step up and guide a sub-team of engineers, this position gives you the platform to lead technically. This is a full-time position operating on a hybrid schedule out of our San Francisco office. What's this team like at Heartflow? We build Data & ML infrastr
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