Algorithm Integration Engineer

Empatica

Empatica is a full-stack digital healthcare company and a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI. Our platform consists of medical-grade smartwatches, software, physiological and behavioral digital biomarkers. Together they enable the continuous remote monitoring of human health across a range of conditions, through clinical-quality digital measurements.

Your ultimate call is to improve lives around the world, as part of a cross-functional teams who share knowledge and are eager to keep learning and pushing to create top-notch products that have a meaningful impact.

If you are looking to join a fast-paced growth environment and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, then keep reading. 

About the role

We are looking for an Algorithm Integration Engineer to help transform cutting-edge biomedical research and data science into reliable, production-ready solutions. In this role, you’ll be the bridge between research and product, ensuring that innovative algorithms, at the core of our digital biomarkers and powered by Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and AI/ML, run efficiently on our platforms and deliver real-world impact in health tech.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists and product teams to take experimental digital biomarkers from prototype to clinical-grade deployment. Your work will enable the detection, monitoring, and prediction of health outcomes using data from sensors, wearables, and other digital endpoints.

If you’re passionate about turning data science into meaningful digital biomarkers and digital health measures, and you thrive at the intersection of engineering, AI, and biomedical innovation, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Integrate algorithms developed in R&D into our DSP library (C/embedded) or into cloud-based workflows (Python)
• Assess the technical feasibility of new algorithms in terms of computational resources, memory usage, and compatibility with the DSP architecture and provide inputs for algorithm components optimization.
• Collaborate with the Data Science team to ensure behavior, performance, parameters and edge cases are aligned between R&D code and production code.
• Coordinate with Firmware, Mobile, and Cloud teams to ensure correct definition of inputs/outputs and biomarker formats.
• Support the QA team in defining testing protocols, debugging, and troubleshooting issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for releases and compliance (in collaboration with the Regulatory team).
• Actively contribute to release planning and cross-team communication of changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 3–4 years of experience working with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and/or biomedical algorithms in an applied setting.
• Strong programming skills in C (embedded/low-level) and Python (tooling, scripting, data processing).
• Experience with version control systems (Git).
• Solid understanding of testing, debugging, and release management practices.
• Proven ability to work in cross-functional environments and communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with regulatory compliance processes for medical device software.
• Experience with mobile SDKs or cloud-based data pipelines.
• Knowledge of Docker or similar containerized environments.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work on innovative products in the healthtech space.
• A multidisciplinary and highly collaborative team environment.
• Career growth opportunities towards Tech Lead role.
• A dynamic, international, and mission-driven workplace.

Some important details:

• Empatica operates in an international environment with offices in Europe, the US, and Korea. All work is conducted in English.
• We are operating a hybrid model where our employees choose whether to work from home or come to the office, however, please note that this position is not fully remote.

Life at Empatica

You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 110+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people that built the business and our products.

If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.

Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

Inclusion & Diversity

At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion. We have colleagues from 30 different countries, while over 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!). We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone’s opinion and thoughts matter.

Benefits

• 🧠 Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech

• 💰 Competitive salary
• 📈 Employee stock options - we want everyone who joins us to own part of the company and our success
• 🏖️ We have offices in Milan City Center and Downtown Boston. And every summer, we hold an amazing beach retreat in Sardinia, Italy
• 🏥 Health Insurance
• 🏋️‍♀️ Wellhub membership with access to gyms, online classes, personal training sessions, and nutrition plans
• 😌 Membership for mental health and wellness platforms
• 🥗 Free healthy lunch every day
• 🤓 Free Kindle and books
• 🕰️ Flexible working hours
• 👀 Much more…