Sr. ML Engineer (MLOps)

    United States
    Full-Time
    Senior (7+ yrs)
    Engineering & Development
    Posted on August 8, 2026

    About the Role:

    We are looking for an experienced Senior ML Engineer who is eager to build the tooling and services necessary to deliver ML and generative AI based products that make a significant impact within the organization. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about taking ownership of their work, spearheading cross-functional projects, and providing guidance and mentorship to other team members.

    Lyra is for you if you:

    • Thrive on working with brilliant teammates to solve complex, meaningful problems

    • Are passionate about making a social impact and supporting people at their most challenging moments

    • Enjoy cross-functional collaboration with physicians, therapists, data scientists, data analysts and product managers

    Responsibilities
  1. Build tooling and services that power the machine learning and generative AI powered solutions in production

  2. Training and inference platform services

  3. The model evaluation metrics and testing framework

  4. Build services that expose machine learning and AI based products

  5. Deploy and manage various applications that power various components of the the AI/ML SDLC process

  6. And of course, you will be coding every day!

  7. Qualifications
  8. 6+ years of experience deploying ML/AI solutions in production environments

  9. Ability to write high-quality code in Python

  10. Experience building RESTful APIs

  11. Experience defining and using Protobuf messages

  12. Experience working with Docker and deploying applications to Kubernetes

  13. Experience with relational and low-latency databases

  14. Experience working with Celery

  15. A strong desire to work on ML/AI based products

  16. A desire to learn new technologies quickly

  17. A love of building systems from scratch

  18. A thoughtful approach to balancing quality and deadlines in fast-paced settings

  19. Excellent communication skills with a talent for building consensus and alignment

  20. Strong organizational skills and the ability to distill complex problems into clear priorities that move the team and business forward

  21. Preferred Qualifications
  22. Experience building RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) based solutions

  23. Experience setting up and maintaining vector databases

  24. Experience writing production code in Java/Kotlin

  25. Experience building solutions on cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS

  26. Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment

  27. Company:  Lyra Health

    Provides AI-powered workforce mental health benefits, transforming access to life-changing mental health care through provider matching and personalized support.
    1001-5000 employees
    Healthcare & Life Sciences
    HQ: United States