Healthcare needs good data. At PicnicHealth, we are building deep real-world datasets fueling cutting-edge research while giving patients control of their own medical record data. These complete, clinically-rich datasets produce unique insights — across dozens of diseases — to ultimately get the right treatments into patients’ hands faster. We do this by working directly with patients and leveraging state of the art machine learning to transform messy medical records into structured, research-ready datasets. To date we’ve helped tens of thousands of patients securely access their records and proactively contribute to advancing research in diseases that impacts their lives.  

We’re excited to announce $60 million in funding in a Series C led by  B Capital Group. Our existing investors Felicis Ventures and Amplify Partners also joined the round, bringing the total we have raised to more than $100 million.

And we are just getting started! If you are looking to join an award winning, mission-driven, motivated team that is making a real impact across millions of people’s lives, PicnicHealth might just be the place for you.

The Opportunity

Machine learning is at the heart of our work extracting and structuring data from medical records in the real world. We ingest records in whatever format they exist -- faxes, scans, printouts, generated from EHRs, handwritten notes, imaging reports, etc. -- and convert them into validated, structured data.  Structuring is just the starting point, and enables us to to build products that improve patient/doctor communication and care decisions, or develop the next generation of data-driven life-sciences studies. 

Our Machine Learning team’s goal is to continually improve the efficiency of our human-in-the-loop pipeline for structuring medical records. To do this, we have an ambitious plan to substantially increase our ML capabilities. We are looking for Applied ML Scientists to help us succeed with this plan.

Learn more about our Engineering Team and values here.

As an ML Applied Scientist you will:

• Scope, design, and build cutting-edge NLP models to structure messy, high-stakes medical text by drawing from the latest AI research literature
• Collaborate with other ML scientists, engineers, and stakeholders company-wide to solve high-impact problems deployed within real-world workflows
• Help expand a world-class ML team, shaping both technical direction and team composition as we scale

You are a great fit if you have:

• Built custom models to solve real-world problems, drawing on a deep understanding of machine learning, wide-ranging experience with alternative approaches, and a desire to close the loop for the use case
  
• Extensive experience with at least one deep learning framework (such as PyTorch or Tensorflow)
• Strong software development fundamentals
• An MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or related quantitative field

We expect all team members to be motivated to be amazing in their roles and, ultimately, to move the PicnicHealth mission forward.

Ideally you: 

• Have 3+ years of experience in NLP and deep learning
• Are not afraid to wrangle messy data
• Are motivated by developing models that have business impact
• Have lost sleep thinking about what interactions are expressible through the interaction of Query and Key values in a transformer
• Care deeply about the inductive biases of the models you are exploring

Perks & Benefits @PicnicHealth   

At PicnicHealth you get to solve real problems with real solutions, great tech, and great people. 

We offer a hybrid set up for our team: team members in the Bay Area can work from the SF office on a flexible schedule; remote team members are expected to travel to in-person gatherings up to 4 times a year. Our next Company Wide Onsite will be in February 2023.

You also get:

• Competitive salary 
• Comprehensive benefits including above market Health, Dental, Vision
• Family friendly environment 
• Flexible time off
• 401k plan
• Free PicnicHealth account
• Equipment and internet funds for home office set up

COVID-19 Policy

We require proof of vaccination and booster for COVID-19, except those with medical or religious exemptions. 

Equal Opportunity Statement

PicnicHealth is committed to promoting an inclusive work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value a diverse and balanced team where everyone can belong.