Sr. Software Engineer (ML/AI)

About Lyra Health

Lyra is transforming mental health care through technology with a human touch to help people feel emotionally healthy at work and at home. We work with industry leaders, such as Morgan Stanley, Uber, Amgen, and other Fortune 500 companies, to improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees and their families. With our innovative digital care platform and global provider network, nearly 20 million people can receive the best care and feel better, faster. Founded by David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, Lyra has raised more than $900 million.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer who is eager to build the infrastructure 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

• This role can be carried out from our Burlingame, CA headquarters, hybrid, or fully remote/virtually. Remote candidates must be physically located within the United States.

  
  

Responsibilities

• Be part of a team working on building machine learning and generative AI powered solutions

• Create the necessary backend infrastructure to enable scalable, resilient and highly performant solutions

• Build services that expose machine learning and AI based products

• Deploy and manage various applications in production

• And of course, you will be coding every day!

  
  

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience delivering production ready products

• Ability to write high-quality code in Python

• Experience building RESTful APIs

• Experience defining and using Protobuf messages

• Experience working with Docker and deploying applications to Kubernetes

• Experience with relational and low-latency databases

• Experience working with Celery

• A strong desire to work on ML/AI based products

• A desire to learn new technologies quickly

• A love of building systems from scratch

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

• Excellent communication skills with a talent for building consensus and alignment

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

  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) based solutions

• Experience setting up and maintaining vector databases

• Experience writing production code in Java/Kotlin

• Experience building solutions on cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS

• Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment

$142,000 - $196,000 a year

As a full-time Sr. Software Engineer (ML/AI), you will be employed by Lyra Health, Inc. The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000 to 196,000. The base range is determined by role and level, and placement within the range will depend on a number of job-related factors, including but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.  

Annual salary is only one part of an employee’s total compensation package at Lyra. We also offer generous benefits that include: 

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)

• Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services

• Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units

• Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays

• Paid parental leave 

• 401K retirement benefits

• Monthly tech allowance

• We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, free food, regular community celebration…and more!  

• We can’t wait to meet you.

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.