Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer at Lyra Health

Department: Technology

Compensation

$143,000 – $197,000/yr

Setup: Remote
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Jul 30, 2026

Description

Lyra Health is hiring a full-time Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer to build scalable, resilient backend services for its machine learning and generative AI product features. The role involves creating production infrastructure, deploying applications, coding in Python, and integrating RAG, LLM orchestration, foundation-model APIs, observability, and chatbot functionality. Candidates need at least six years of production experience and expertise with Python, async frameworks, Docker, Kubernetes, databases, and related AI systems. The position offers an annual base salary of $143,000 to $197,000 plus discretionary bonuses and comprehensive benefits.

Required Skills

Python
FastAPI
Docker
Kubernetes
RAG
LangChain
Langfuse
AWS

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 6+ years of experience delivering production-ready products
Experience with modern async Python web frameworks and data streaming
Experience with Docker and deploying applications to Kubernetes
Experience with relational and low-latency databases
Experience integrating RAG into AI features
Experience building generative AI chatbots
Experience with LLM observability and monitoring tools
Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks and foundation-model APIs
Preferred Qualifications: Experience setting up and maintaining vector databases
Experience working with Celery
Experience defining and using Protobuf messages
Experience writing production code in Java or Kotlin
Experience building solutions on cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment

About Lyra Health

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