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Senior Staff Research Scientist - Clinical AI Lab (x/f/m)

AI / ML Engineer • Principal • On-site • Full-time • 📍 Paris

Doctolib is revolutionizing healthcare delivery through advanced AI systems focused on medical reasoning. As a Senior Staff Research Scientist, you will develop cutting-edge AI solutions that enhance clinical decision-making and support healthcare professionals, working at the intersection of machine learning and healthcare on models that understand medical knowledge and reason through complex clinical scenarios. The position is permanent, full-time, based at the Paris office in Levallois-Perret with a hybrid mode of 3 office days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build advanced machine learning models, especially in NLP and large language models, to improve healthcare workflows, enhance patient experiences and power intelligent health solutions at scale
  • Research and prototype novel algorithms and architectures, bringing new ideas from concept to working prototypes using the latest advances in deep learning and generative AI
  • Work closely with product, engineering, medical experts and other stakeholders to translate business needs into impactful research projects
  • Analyze large, complex data sets to extract actionable insights, define key metrics and rigorously evaluate model performance
  • Share findings within the team and the wider ML community through publications, talks and workshops; mentor other scientists and engineers in adopting best practices

Requirements

  • PhD or Master's degree (plus significant experience) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics or a related field
  • Deep understanding of machine learning and deep learning concepts, with hands-on experience in NLP, LLMs or generative AI
  • Strong programming skills in Python, ideally with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX
  • Familiarity with modern data tools and scalable training on large datasets
  • Track record of independently driving research and translating it into real-world applications
  • Experience designing experiments, evaluating intrinsic and extrinsic metrics, and iterating quickly

Nice to have

  • First-author publications in top-tier AI/ML conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, or relevant medical informatics venues

Soft skills

Curiosity and drive to learn and apply new machine learning techniquesComfortable in highly cross-functional teamsClear communication of complex concepts to diverse audiencesPassion for knowledge sharingMission-driven, detail-oriented and rigorous

What we offer

  • Free comprehensive health insurance for you and your children
  • 25 days of paid vacation per year plus up to 14 days of RTT
  • Free mental health and coaching services through Moka.care
  • Work from abroad for up to 10 days per year (flexibility days policy)
  • Lunch vouchers (Swile card) worth €8.50 per working day, €4.50 covered by Doctolib
  • Work council subsidy for sport club membership or creative classes
  • 50% reimbursement of public transport subscription
  • Parent Care Program: one additional month of leave on top of legal parental leave
  • Package for caregivers and workers with disabilities (adapted remote policy, extra days off for medical reasons, psychological support)
  • Relocation support for international mobility
  • Access to the best AI tools for coding and development, with dedicated training

About the company

Doctolib is on a mission to make healthcare better for all and is committed to improving access to healthcare for everyone, evaluating candidates without any form of discrimination.

Education: PhD vagy mesterfokozat (jelentős tapasztalattal) számítástechnika, gépi tanulás, matematika vagy kapcsolódó területen