AI/ML Engineer or Data Analyst (Remote)

Are you a creative, ambitious, and curious AI/ML Engineer or Data Analyst with at least 1-3 years of experience, and eager to build something meaningful from the ground up?

At Care1, we’re looking for a self-starter with a growth mindset. Someone who thrives in ambiguity, finds joy in rapid learning, and wants to play a foundational role in shaping not just our technology, but our team and culture. This is a unique opportunity to help lead the early AI efforts at a fast-moving, revenue-generating health tech company that’s already making a measurable impact in the lives of thousands of patients.

What We Do

Care1 is transforming eyecare. Our cloud-based platform connects eye doctors (ophthalmologists and optometrists), enabling them to screen, diagnose, and treat patients remotely. We’re also at the frontier of developing and deploying deep learning models to detect complex eye diseases, leveraging 3D imaging, OCT (optical coherence tomography), and advanced visual field data.

With over 200+ doctors on our platform and more than 150,000 patients served, we’re building one of the largest teleophthalmology networks in the world. But we’re just getting started, and we want you to be part of this next phase of growth.

Your Role

As the first full-time AI team member, you’ll lead end-to-end development of experimental and production-ready AI models. From literature review, research, model training and prompt engineering, to deployment and monitoring on our live platform.

We run fast, lean, and creatively. Most projects move in 1–2 week cycles, and you’ll be collaborating across clinical, technical, and product teams, including directly with medical doctors and surgeons, to explore new ideas and rapidly test solutions that could change how vision care is delivered.

You’ll be supported by two senior part-time ML engineers and work closely with our leadership team, gaining mentorship, autonomy, and visibility from day one.

Who You Are

You’re entrepreneurial, with a bias toward action and a drive to own problems end-to-end.

You love diving into research, exploring novel techniques, and finding elegant solutions that make a difference.

You have an eye for detail, a love of iteration, and the ability to zoom in and out from big-picture thinking to low-level debugging.

You’re excited to help shape the culture of a growing AI team, setting a high bar for curiosity, care, and collaboration.

Please visit our website www.care1.ca and our Linked In page https://www.linkedin.com/company/care1tech for more information about Care1

Responsibilities:

• Research, design, and implement advanced AI technologies to improve core ML/CV algorithms and solve practical healthcare and medical imaging challenges at scale.
• Implement and optimize non-deep learning based image processing methods.
• Engage in prompt engineering, crafting and refining text-based instructions to optimize generative AI outputs for operational workflows.
• Collaborate on developing, evaluating and validating machine learning models for tasks such as object detection and image segmentation.
• Perform quality control (QC) on datasets and ensure data integrity for training and testing purposes.
• Collaborate with software engineers and product managers to deliver robust, scalable AI solutions.
• Monitor model performance and provide actionable insights to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Own the full AI lifecycle from data exploration and model development to deployment and monitoring

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, with a focus on data science and AI.
• Work experience in data analysis or machine learning, such as working on the full lifecycle of an AI model or other project work following good machine learning practice for model development.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail in handling datasets.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-team collaboration.
• Experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience in the fields of image processing, computer vision, Open CV, AI/ML related tools and/or annotation tools.

Nice-to-Haves

• Knowledge of best practices in AI development, including coding standards, version control, testing and documentation.
• Experience in research.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks like pytorch or tensorflow, and taking an AI model to production.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering concepts and tools like ChatGPT or similar LLMs.

What we offer

• A competitive compensation package.
• The opportunity to work in a startup environment, where your contributions directly impact the company’s growth and success.
• Access to cutting-edge technology, tools, and datasets to drive meaningful applied research work.
• A remote-first work environment with flexibility and autonomy. You have the flexibility to work from around the world and the hours that make sense for you, so that you can do your best work while living life on your own terms".
• A fantastic opportunity to grow with the team and help shape the strategic direction of Care1.

Application Process:

• Fill out the job application form where you will be asked to upload your CV and cover letter: https://coda.io/form/Care1-AI-ML-Engineer-or-Data-Analyst_d2khkgsH6eW 
• If you have questions about the application process, please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Please do not email any application materials. Only include those in the application form.
• We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in Care1, however only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.