Staff Applied Scientist (AI)

Location: New York City office, Financial District; in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday each week

Salary: $300,000–$390,000 annual base compensation, plus equity incentive and benefits

Company

hirify.global uses clinical metrics, healthcare data, and algorithmic systems to help employers and members identify higher-quality, lower-cost healthcare.

What you will do

• Own ambiguous, high-stakes healthcare and business problems from framing through production deployment and iteration.
• Define objectives, metrics, constraints, tradeoffs, and decision frameworks for algorithmic solutions.
• Select and apply machine learning, optimization, heuristics, expert systems, or hybrid approaches.
• Design provider tiering optimization balancing geographic access and total-cost-of-care savings.
• Fine-tune and productionize an LLM-based primary care experience with evaluation, guardrails, and quality monitoring.
• Lead a small team, set technical direction, review Applied Science work, and mentor scientists.

Requirements

• 6+ years of industry experience as an Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Research Scientist, or equivalent, or 4+ years with a relevant advanced degree.
• Strong applied problem-solving skills and experience defining metrics that improve real-world outcomes.
• Technical authority and sound judgment when choosing between statistical models, heuristics, optimization, and simpler algorithmic methods.
• Experience translating ideas into working prototypes and production systems.
• Strong communication skills, including executive-level communication and cross-organizational alignment.
• Experience mentoring or technically leading scientists; formal management experience is welcome but not required.

Nice to have

• PhD or other relevant advanced degree.
• Formal people-management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on improving healthcare outcomes and reducing costs.
• High-performing environment with urgency, individual accountability, and authentic feedback.
• Flexible PTO and medical, dental, and vision plan options.
• 401(k) with company match and flexible spending accounts.
• Equity incentive eligibility and access to Teladoc Health.