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Machine Learning Resident - Client: HQA (12 month term)
Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute)
Calgary, CAN
Temporary
Entry
Onsite
2 days ago
Machine LearningNLPLLMsRAGText to SQLPython
Free
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About the Role
Amii is offering a 12-month paid residency to develop a text-to-SQL engine using LLMs for healthcare data at Health Quality Alberta. The role involves designing RAG-based approaches, developing agentic loops, and curating domain-specific SQL queries.
Key Skills for This Role
Machine LearningNLPLLMsRAGText to SQLPython
Responsibilities
- Design and implement RAG based approaches for dynamically retrieving schema metadata to semantically enrich context for LLM prompts in text to SQL engine
- Develop syntactic validation of SQL results and implement iterative agentic loop for self correction
- Benchmark and validate results using different LLM models and SQL queries of increasing complexity
- Curate domain specific SQL queries to develop an SFT pipeline and assess performance advantages
- Identify, prepare, and optimize large structured and unstructured datasets for ML modeling
- Conduct applied research on ML techniques, focusing on understanding and addressing limitations of existing models
- Collaborate with project team and stakeholders to develop MVPs and client focused solutions
- Engage in regular client meetings, contributing to presentations and reports on project progress
- Optimize ML pipelines to ensure efficiency, scalability, and real time processing capabilities
- Support productionalization and deployment of models in client environment
- Develop understanding of Administrative Health data (DAD, NACRS, Practitioner Claims, etc.)
Requirements
- Completion of a Computing Science or ML graduate program, MSc. or PhD.
- Research or project experience in machine learning, specifically using NLP tools and techniques
- Ability to craft zero shot/few shot prompts, chain of thought logic, and schema linking techniques
- Familiarity with working with database schemas
- Working knowledge of LLM based tools and agentic workflows
- Proficient in Python and related ML frameworks (Scikit learn, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Pandas, Jupyter notebooks)
- Familiarity with Linux, Git version control, and writing clean code
- Must be able to work full time in person at the Calgary office
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada
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About The Role
- This is a paid residency over a twelve month period with potential to be hired by client Health Quality Alberta afterwards.
- The Resident will report to an Amii Scientist and regularly consult with the client team.
- Opportunity to be mentored by world class scientists and develop impactful AI solutions.
About The Project
- Develop and implement an AI enabled chatbot overlay on existing dashboards to support self directed analytics using natural language queries.
- Focus on improving accessibility, usability, and interpretation of existing health system data.
- Establish technical, governance, and user interaction foundations for future development.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement RAG based approaches for dynamically retrieving schema metadata
- Develop syntactic validation of SQL results and implement iterative agentic loop for self correction
- Benchmark and validate results using different LLM models and SQL queries
- Curate domain specific SQL queries to develop an SFT pipeline
- Identify, prepare, and optimize large structured and unstructured datasets for ML modeling
- Conduct applied research on ML techniques
- Collaborate with project team and stakeholders to develop MVPs
- Engage in regular client meetings, contributing to presentations and reports
- Optimize ML pipelines for efficiency, scalability, and real time processing
- Support productionalization and deployment of models
- Develop understanding of Administrative Health data
Required Qualifications
- Completion of a Computing Science or ML graduate program, MSc. or PhD.
- Research or project experience in machine learning, specifically using NLP tools and techniques
- Ability to craft zero shot/few shot prompts, chain of thought logic, and schema linking techniques
- Familiarity with working with database schemas
- Working knowledge of LLM based tools and agentic workflows
- Proficient in Python and related ML frameworks (Scikit learn, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Pandas, Jupyter notebooks)
- Familiarity with Linux, Git version control, and writing clean code
- Must be able to work full time in person at the Calgary office
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada
Preferred Qualifications
- Publication record in peer reviewed academic conferences or relevant journals in machine learning
- Familiarity with the healthcare system data
Non Technical Requirements
- Desire to take ownership of a problem and demonstrated leadership skills
- Interdisciplinary team player enthusiastic about working together to achieve excellence
- Capable of critical and independent thought
- Able to communicate technical concepts clearly and advise on the application of ML
- Intellectual curiosity and the desire to learn new things, techniques, and technologies
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