Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Forecasting
About The Position
Apella is applying computer vision and machine learning to improve the standard of care in the most critical aspect of healthcare: surgery. We build applications to enable surgeons, nurses, and hospital administrators to deliver the highest quality care. We're looking for a senior machine learning engineer who would thrive at the intersection of MLOps, infrastructure, and production forecasting systems. You excel at building robust, automated ML pipelines that enable data scientists to iterate quickly while maintaining the reliability that our healthcare customers depend on. You are a systems thinker who flourishes in a startup environment, working across the stack to productionize ML models, automate deployment pipelines, and establish the infrastructure that makes our forecasting platform scalable and maintainable. As a critical member of our Forecasting team, you'll work on production ML lifecycle - from training automation to serving infrastructure - and have the unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation of Apella's ML platform while growing our team's capabilities.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production ML systems, with deep expertise in MLOps, deployment automation, and model serving infrastructure
- Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in Python, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm)
- Production ML deployment experience including model training orchestration (Dagster, Airflow, or similar), automated retraining pipelines, and A/B testing/variant management
- Systems design expertise with experience building scalable microservices, API design, and managing complex service dependencies
- Ownership mentality with a track record of driving projects from concept to production, maintaining them over time, and continuously improving system reliability
- Excellent collaboration skills working with data scientists to productionize research, with backend teams on API integration, and with product org to meet customer needs
- Passion for writing tested, maintainable, well-documented code that enables team velocity
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in healthcare or other regulated industries.
- Experience with Forecasting / Time Series algorithms
- Experience with Computer Vision
- Experience with DAG frameworks, Flink
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and data science teams to understand business challenges and the potential for machine learning and AI solutions.
- Develop tools and automate manual processes to improve operational efficiency, accelerate experimentation velocity, and minimize human error.
- Build, integrate, and monitor the end-to-end lifecycles of large-scale, distributed machine learning systems.
- Investigate model performance and identify data quality and performance issues.
- Enhance the ML pipeline for our forecasting platform, managing weekly automated model retraining and deployment across a range of production models
- Elevate the team's technical capabilities in MLOps best practices, automation, and production ML systems.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options
- Flexible vacation policy and a culture that values time for rest and recharging
- Remote-first work environment with unique virtual and in-person events to foster team connection
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance—we're a healthcare company that prioritizes your health
- 16 weeks of parental leave for all parents
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
