Applied Scientist

Barcelona remote Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 25, 2025 Last posted March 25, 2025
Job description
About Us

We address the shortage of skilled labor in critical areas, such as healthcare, by developing AI assistants capable of handling tasks that traditionally require human intelligence. We seek a motivated Applied ML Scientist to help us advance LLM and knowledge-based systems.

About You
An ideal candidate for this Applied ML Scientist role would:

- Have at least five years of experience in machine learning, especially in product-oriented companies.
- Be highly skilled in Python for machine learning and backend development within production environments.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for staying current with the latest advancements in AI and LLM technologies.
- Exhibit humility, a collaborative attitude, and a willingness to support team goals.
- Be comfortable with taking ownership and working independently within a fast-paced startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in an early-stage startup.
- Knowledge of healthcare data and electronic health records.

About the Role
- As an Applied ML Scientist, you’ll work closely with the founding team to develop our core product and support team growth.

  • - Experimenting with foundational LLMs, advanced prompting techniques (e.g., ReAct), and integrating these with external data and knowledge sources.
  • - Fine-tuning and deploying models while balancing performance and latency.
  • - Implementing monitoring, setting guardrails, and establishing best practices for production-level generative AI.
  • - Developing reproducible experimentation pipelines to benchmark LLM-based agents, enabling quick iterations.
  • - Collaborating closely with engineering, clinical, and product teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
About this role

Summary

Develop AI assistants and support team growth in a startup.

Job title

Applied Scientist

Experience level

5+ years

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Barcelona, remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Pythonmachine learningbackend development

Preferred skills

early-stage startuphealthcare dataelectronic health records

Specializations

machine learningAILLMbackendhealthcare
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Barcelona, Spain

On-site City