Tech Lead Manager (Machine Learning)

The role

You will lead the development of machine learning systems for the Personalization Engine within Cedar Pay. This role involves hands-on technical contributions and managing two machine learning engineers.

What you will do

• Serve as key DRI for the ML System powering the Personalization Engine.
• Own the machine learning lifecycle end-to-end.
• Lead and execute engineering work from MLOps to ML modeling.
• Guide and empower two ML engineers on the team.
• Conduct code and design reviews.
• Serve as direct manager for machine learning engineers.
• Build production-grade systems for millions of healthcare transactions.
• Improve the feedback loop that captures patient reactions to real-time decisions.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate patient journey touchpoints into ML problems.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in machine learning engineering.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying ML-powered personalization systems or recommendation engines at scale for consumer-facing products.
• 1+ years of experience managing ML engineers and scientists.
• Experience leading a team to execute on a technical roadmap.
• Experience collaborating closely with product leaders and software engineers.
• Ability to formulate business problems as supervised, unsupervised, or reinforcement learning tasks.

Nice to have

• Expertise in both Python and SQL
• Experience with agentic personalization
• Experience building and integrating Generative AI features
• Experience leading the build of software products beyond AI/ML components

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and wellness package
• Flexibility to work from home or in the office
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits
• Flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
• Diversity initiatives and employee resource groups
• Health benefits including fertility and adoption assistance
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 3% of annual compensation
• Hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching
• Team discretionary budget for learning and development resources

About the company

Cedar is a healthcare technology company co-founded in 2016 to improve the healthcare financial experience. The company leverages data science and product design to make healthcare more affordable and accessible.