PathAI
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Ops
Boston, MA · Staff+
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$9,281 more — $136,781 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $136,781 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- PathAI's mission is to improve patient outcomes with AI-powered pathology.
- PathAI is transforming traditional pathology methods into powerful, new technologies. These innovations in pathology can help accelerate drug development, improve confidence in the accuracy of diagnosis, and get life-saving therapies to patients more quickly. At PathAI, you'll work with a diverse and talented team of people, who are dedicated to solving
Responsibilities
- You will architect and build infrastructure and automation, in AWS and on-premises, to support ML application development and deployment
- You will drive system design and lead architectural discussions for our MLOps suite, ensuring it meets performance, security, and compliance requirements.
- You will champion engineering excellence by enforcing high coding standards, conducting design reviews, and mentoring junior engineers.
Requirements
- You have experience with streaming data processing (Kafka, Flink, or Spark Streaming).
- You have a solid level of familiarity with security and compliance best practices in ML systems.
- You have experience using AI assistants (e.g. CoPilot, Cursor) in development.
- You have outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and influencing skills: have built and cultivated important relationships both inside and outside of the organization and externally
Nice to have
- You will automate ML operations, including CI/CD for ML models, feature engineering pipelines, and deployment strategies using Kubernetes, Airflow, and other orchestration tools.
- You have a BS or Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or closely related field.
- You have strong software engineering skills in complex, multi-language systems and experience with scalable backend architecture.
- You have experience with Kubernetes and cloud computing platforms (AWS preferred).
- You have experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog).
- You have a solid understanding of DevOps principles and infrastructure-as-code (Helm, Terraform).
- You have a solid level of proficiency in Python + exposure to additional languages
- You have experience with ML frameworks like PyTorch or Scikit-learn.
Skills
- This is a hybrid position based in Boston, MA. (A remote option may be considered for an exceptional candidate.)
- Relocation benefits are not available for this position.
- Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
- PathAI is an equal opportunity employer.
Compensation
- The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location Boston, MA is $127,500 - $195,500 at the Senior level and $146,250 - $224,250 at the Staff level.
Benefits
- You will collaborate with machine learning engineers, data scientists, product engineering, and infrastructure teams to bridge the gap between research and production.
Company info
- We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer (MLOps).
This listing is sourced directly from PathAI's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.