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Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer

LyrahealthUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Jul 30, 2026

Why this role stands out

Accelerate your career at Lyra Health by building transformative AI and generative machine learning services that directly improve global mental health access from the flexibility of a remote environment. You will thrive in this collaborative, high-impact role if you are a proactive problem-solver who enjoys working alongside brilliant cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, meaningful technology. With a highly competitive salary of up to $197,000, this is an exceptional opportunity to advance your technical expertise while making a tangible difference—apply today to help shape the future of mental healthcare.

Quick overview

Salary$143k - $197k/yr
SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeRemote
LocationUnited States, United States
Posted2 months ago
Mental HealthGenerative AIMachine Learning

Job description

About Lyra Health
Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally in partnership with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. The company has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 35 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness, and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.

We are looking for an experienced Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer who is eager to build the backend services for our AI/ML product features that make a significant impact within the organization.  The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about taking ownership of their work and spearheading cross-functional projects.

Lyra is for you if you

  • Thrive on working with brilliant teammates to solve complex, meaningful problems

  • Are passionate about making a social impact and supporting people at their most challenging moments

  • Enjoy cross-functional collaboration with therapists, data scientists, engineers and product managers

In this role, you will

  • Be part of a team working on building our machine learning and generative AI backend services that will support the many ML/AI product features.

  • Create the necessary backend infrastructure to enable scalable, resilient and highly performant solutions

  • Deploy and manage various applications in production

  • And of course, you will be coding every day!

ApplyOr apply on Lyrahealth's site