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Whoop is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Health)

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Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer on our Clinical Health team, you will design, build, and operate the production systems that deliver personalized health insights to millions of WHOOP members. You will work at the intersection of machine learning, backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, and software as a medical device (SaMD), building scalable, reliable, and observable services that power health features derived from physiological and behavioral data.

In this role, you will partner closely with Applied ML Scientists, ML Research Engineers, and Digital Health teams to translate novel algorithms and research prototypes into production-grade systems. You will provide technical leadership across ML infrastructure, inference services, data pipelines, and platform architecture, ensuring our health algorithms can be deployed, monitored, validated, and operated at scale within a quality-managed environment.

This role is ideal for engineers with deep experience building distributed systems and production platforms who are excited to apply those skills to machine learning-powered healthcare products.


RESPONSIBILITIES

WHOOP is an advanced health and fitness wearable, on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers its members to improve their health and perform at a higher level by providing a deep understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

The Health team is responsible for developing novel algorithms and features that expand our health sensing capabilities. Our work spans several key areas, including women's health, software as a medical device, wellness monitoring, longevity research, and emerging health insights. We combine continuous physiological data with clinical research and expert knowledge to generate features that are both scientifically grounded and deeply impactful for members.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning on our Clinical Health team, you will design, build, and operate the production systems that deliver meaningful, personalized health insights to millions of members. You will work at the intersection of software as a medical device (SaMD), machine learning, backend engineering, and cloud infrastructure—building scalable, reliable, and observable services that power health features derived from physiological and behavioral data streams.

A central part of this role is partnering with Applied ML Scientists, ML Research Engineers, and Digital Health teams to translate novel algorithms and research prototypes into production-grade systems. This role emphasizes distributed systems design, backend engineering excellence, platform thinking, and operational rigor. You will help define the architecture, tooling, and infrastructure required to deploy, validate, monitor, and operate ML-powered health features within a quality-managed framework.

 


RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Design, build, and maintain production services that deliver health features, in close collaboration with Applied ML Scientists and ML Research Engineers.
  • Lead the architecture and development of scalable ML inference systems, APIs, and backend services optimized for reliability, latency, and cost efficiency.
  • Collaborate with Data Platform teams to improve ML data pipelines, tooling, feature delivery systems, and validation frameworks that support robust model performance.
  • Work alongside Applied ML Scientists to translate research prototypes into production systems that can be deployed, monitored, and operated at scale.
  • Partner with the Digital Health team on algorithmic performance specifications, validation and verification planning, and the design of SPA or algorithm validation studies.
  • Drive operational excellence through monitoring, observability, incident response, and reliability improvements for ML-powered services.
  • Collaborate with researchers, product teams, and engineering stakeholders to align platform investments with health insights and member impact.
  • Participate in on-call rotations for ML and data services, ensuring uptime, performance, and reliability in production environments.
  • Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, engineering standards, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office. 
     
    Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.
     
    WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility.  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
     
    At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.
     
    The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000-$230,000 Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training. 
     
    In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.
     
    These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.
     
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