Principal Applied Researcher AI/NLP at PointClickCare

This role is designed for a heavyweight AI specialist with a PhD or equivalent experience and at least 4 years of specific experience applying NLP within the healthcare sector. You should be an expert in the full model lifecycle—from research and data wrangling to fine-tuning LLMs and deploying them into large-scale SaaS environments. Proficiency in both Python and Java is required. With a salary range of $195,800 - $217,500, this is a high-level individual contributor role offering full remote flexibility (within the USA) and deep R&D investment. You’ll be working with one of the largest datasets in the post-acute care market, providing a rare opportunity to see your research directly impact patient outcomes across 30,000 organizations. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have deep hands-on experience fine-tuning Transformers and Hugging Face models for clinical or medical data. * Are comfortable working across the stack, including SQL data engineering and big data frameworks like Spark. * Thrive in a "Principal" capacity, balancing independent research with mentoring and cross-functional leadership. * Can navigate the complexities of deploying responsible AI in a regulated, cloud-native (Azure/AWS) environment.