SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.
We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact.
About the Role
Join AQMed to revolutionize heart health using AI and advanced sensing for next-gen medical diagnostics. You will represent the users’ voice and drive product thought leadership on our Data Science/ Machine Learning (DS/ML) team. In close collaboration with the Head of Product and Research Lead, you will be responsible for building the right product. You excel in project execution, and you drive the development and delivery of data products that solve real-world user problems. You deliver functional, useful, market-driven products on time. The success indicators for this role include product adoption, user satisfaction, regulatory & quality success, time-to-market, and business impact.
What You’ll Do
- Work closely with the Head of Product to define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for data products that align with business objectives, incorporating ML capabilities where valuable. Establish team-level OKRs, oversee timelines and budgets, and drive the end-to-end lifecycle of data products to ensure successful delivery and impact.
- Put our users first by leading a team that works closely with clinical partners. Through rapid prototyping and iterative development, turn clinical insights, user needs, and business goals into clear product requirements. Prioritize features by balancing business impact, user feedback, and technical feasibility to drive meaningful outcomes.
- Work closely with DS/ML Research to leverage cutting-edge techniques that align with product requirements. Together, the DS/ML Product and Research teams will develop and deliver impactful data products.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (product, hardware, platform, clinical, regulatory) to align data products with project plans.
- Be a confident representative of AQMed internally within SandboxAQ and externally (for example with clinicians, development partners, regulators, industry partners… etc).
- Ensure the scalability, usability, and impact of ML models in production environments.
- Lead & mentor a multidisciplinary team of data scientists and ML engineers.
- Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, driving professional growth and excellence.
About You
- 10+ years in engineering and product leadership roles: You have served as an individual contributor in an engineering role. You have been an engineering manager. You excel as a leader at the intersection of Product Development & AI/ML.
- Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, AI, mathematics or related field
- Strong experience in AI-enabled data/ software medical product development from concept development (stage 0-3) through commercialization (stage 4+)
- You effectively communicate at the executive level, ensuring decisions are clearly linked to business objectives and routed to appropriate stakeholders for efficient action.
- Action-oriented: you proactively create solutions, knowing that a delay in our product launch means a delay in impacting patient care.
- Proficient in the FDA regulatory process of AI-driven medical software
- You are willing and able to work from our Palo Alto location 50% of the time (hybrid).
Nice to Haves
- Cardiovascular device/cardiology experience and familiarity/expertise in the electrophysiology of the heart.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $204k-$286k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology.
We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.
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