Job Title: AI Engineer II Company Name: VCU Health Job Url: https://vcuhealth.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/VCUHealth_careers/job/Remote/AI-Engineer-II_R40510 Job Description: AI Engineer II Apply locations Remote time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id R40510 **To be considered for the role, you must permanently reside in one of the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia** Are you passionate about building real-world AI that improves lives? In this role, you’ll collaborate directly with clinicians, operational SME's, clinical researchers and IT peers to design and deploy machine learning solutions that improve operational efficiencies in healthcare administrative areas and advance clinical care helping shape the future of patient care. A background in healthcare is highly desirable, as you’ll help translate clinical challenges into AI-powered solutions. You’ll work on production-grade ML systems, explore emerging technologies like agentic AI and AR/VR, and build clinical decision support tools that can have a real impact on patient outcomes. If you’re a senior engineer who thrives at the intersection of engineering, research, and medicine — we’d love to meet you. The AI Engineer II position is responsible for advanced analytics - applying statistical, mathematical, and computational models to diverse datasets to solve clinical and business problems and to identify breakthrough opportunities. This position is responsible for performing data analytics by designing, developing, and deploying quantitative models and other analytics tools. Working with a multi-disciplinary team of Data Engineers, Data Architects, BI Developer and operational SME’s across VCU Health, the AI Engineer II will work on complex business problems and provide actionable insights with the overarching goal of improving clinical and financial outcomes. Essential Job Statements Develop predictive models and machine learning algorithms that clinicians and staff will use to improve patient care, healthcare operations and financial performance.  Assist in the development and deployment of LLM based Agentic AI and automation solutions using RAG or fine-tuning foundation models.  Maintain robust and scalable ML pipelines, encompassing data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, deployment, and monitoring.  Conduct rigorous model evaluation, including performance testing and bias assessment, to ensure the ethical and reliable deployment of AI systems.  Assist with the design and implementation of RESTful APIs to integrate ML models or GenAI solutions with other applications and systems within the organization.  Patient Population: N/A Employment Qualifications    Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, IT, Math, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related discipline  Preferred Education: Master’s degree in Business, IT, Math, Data Analytics, Engineering or related discipline  Licensing/ Certification  Licensure/Certification Required: N/A Licensure/Certification Preferred: N/A  Minimum Qualifications   Years and Type of Required Experience: 5+ years’ experience in Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence tools and technologies required. 2+ years’ experience in Python or R and SQL required. 2+ years of experience as a Full Stack Machine Learning Engineer or similar role required. 2+ years’ experience in healthcare environment preferred.   Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: Experience working with unstructured data, NLP technologies and big data is required. Experience working with one of the opensource ML libraries/frameworks -PyTorch/TensorFlow/Keras/Numpy required. Experience with Foundation models, Prompt Engineering, fine-tuning or RAG required. Knowledge of Data Management, Data Warehousing, Data Engineering and Data Governance concepts preferred. Experience working with Cloud technologies such as AWS/Azure/GCP required.   Cultural Responsiveness: Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.  Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred: Displays intellectual curiosity and integrity.    Combination of education and experience in lieu of a degree.     Working Conditions: N/A Physical Requirements  Physical Demands: N/A Work Position: Sitting Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards   Physical Requirements: N/A  Hazards: N/A  Mental/Sensory – Emotional    Mental/Sensory: Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Hearing, Speak Clearly, Write Legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking Emotional: Fast pace environment, Able to Handle Multiple Priorities, Frequent and Intense Customer Interactions, Able to Adapt to Frequent Change Days EEO Employer/Disabled/Protected Veteran/41 CFR 60-1.4. About Us Who We Are Inventing better care, day by day by discovery Sound outrageous? It absolutely is. Sound impossible? That’s never stopped us before. Sound like hard work, intense research, collaboration with experts around the world, sheer brainpower meets unrelenting willpower? That’s. Exactly. Right. We’ll do whatever it takes to offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life. And it’s an approach that works — whether it’s a patient who undergoes a new, life-saving procedure or a clinical researcher who finds promise in a new cancer treatment, exciting new medicine is happening at VCU Health. We have it all: • One college and four health sciences schools • An academic medical center • A Level I trauma center • One of only two NCI-designated cancer centers in Virginia • The region’s only full-service children’s hospital • More than 800 physicians in 200 specialties • With a community health center, dedicated research teams, facilities and valued partners in every field Our medical teams are top notch. And we’re not too shy to boast of internationally known physicians, some recognized as the best in the country, top-ranked local specialists and all-around all-stars at every level. From our very first years to our most recent advancements, we are driven to learn more, dig deeper, teach passionately and never rest in order to be a true leader in discovering what’s possible in health and recovery. We are a comprehensive system of care and a pioneer of health. Read VCU Health Year In Review for more about our accomplishments. Read More