Doctolib

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Retrieval (x/f/m)

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2 months ago
Paris, FranceStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build and own the Medical Knowledge Platform for grounding clinical AI decisions in validated medical sources.
  • Design and maintain indexing pipelines and retrieval systems with end-to-end ownership of the retrieval stack.
  • Architect and optimize systems handling more than 100 million documents, 50+ requests per second, and sub-300ms latency.
  • Build custom re-rankers and optimize query-processing pipelines.
  • Design robust retrieval evaluation frameworks.
  • Engineer deep RAG systems beyond off-the-shelf components.
  • Develop systems involving vector embeddings, vector search, re-ranking, query expansion, and query rewriting.

Requirements

  • Proven production experience building and scaling search and retrieval systems in high-traffic environments.
  • Deep expertise in both offline indexing and online retrieval, with ownership of the full pipeline.
  • Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Solr, Vertex AI, vector search, embeddings, re-ranking, and query processing.
  • Experience building custom re-rankers, optimizing indexing pipelines, or engineering technically deep query-processing solutions beyond commodity RAG.
  • Experience operating at Senior or Staff level with substantial autonomy and technical depth.
  • Preferred experience with medical knowledge sources, clinical databases, or healthcare information systems.
  • Preferred experience creating retrieval-quality or AI-output evaluation frameworks and benchmarks in regulated or high-stakes environments.
  • Preferred experience with multilingual retrieval or domain-specific ontologies.

Benefits

  • Permanent, full-time position in Levallois-Perret, France.
  • Hybrid work setup with up to two remote days per week.
  • Free comprehensive health insurance for the employee and children.
  • 25 days of paid vacation plus up to 14 days of RTT per year.
  • Free mental health and coaching services through Moka.care.
  • Up to 10 work-from-abroad days per year.
  • €8.50 daily lunch vouchers, with €4.50 covered by Doctolib.
  • Sport club or creative class membership subsidy through the work council.
  • 50% reimbursement of public transport subscription.
  • ParentCare birth-leave salary coverage of 100% during the first month and 75% during the second month.
  • Long-term employee value-sharing plan through DoctoGrowth.
  • Caregiver and disability support package, including remote-policy adaptations, extra medical leave, and psychological support.
  • Relocation support for international mobility.
  • Access to AI coding tools, development resources, and dedicated training.
  • Start date as soon as possible.

Tech Stack

ElasticsearchJavaKotlinPythonReact NativeRuby on RailsSwiftTypeScript
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About Doctolib

1,001-5,000 employees

Doctolib builds a digital healthcare platform for patients and medical professionals, combining online appointment booking, teleconsultations, and practice-management software. It monetizes via SaaS subscriptions to healthcare providers, while access for patients is free. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Levallois‑Perret, the privately held company operates across France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands and is certified as a B Corp.

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