Job description
Location: Bangalore
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Required: 7+ years
Preferred Background: Health AI, Clinical AI, Medical AI, Digital Health, Healthcare Technology
Compensation: ESOP-led long-term ownership. Fixed compensation may be discussed based on profile, contribution potential, and stage alignment.
About ARCHLE Labs
ARCHLE Labs, Advanced Research Centre for Health and Life Science Engineering, is a Bangalore-based deep-tech health-tech R&D company building technology-led healthcare solutions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, medical technology, engineering, clinical workflows, and public health.
Our vision is to make quality healthcare more accessible, intelligent, and scalable. We are an early-stage company building from the ground up, and we are looking for people who want to be part of a long-term company-building journey.
Role Overview
ARCHLE Labs is looking for a senior AI professional to join as Principal AI Scientist – Health AI, as part of the Founder’s Team.
This is a high-ownership, leadership-track role for someone who wants to help build the company’s Health AI division from the ground up. The person joining this role will work closely with the founders on AI strategy, product direction, research initiatives, technical roadmap, clinical AI systems, partnerships, and long-term intellectual property creation.
ARCHLE Labs will embrace the right talent into its core founding team based on ownership, trust, commitment, leadership ability, and long-term alignment.
This is not a conventional corporate job for individuals primarily seeking short-term salary growth, routine promotions, or fixed responsibilities. This opportunity is for individuals who think like entrepreneurs, can multitask, can hustle in an early-stage startup environment, and want to create long-term financial upside through ESOPs, equity-linked ownership, and leadership participation.
Who This Role Is For
This role is for individuals who:
Want to be part of a founder’s team and company-building journey
Think like entrepreneurs, builders, and long-term owners
Are comfortable with ambiguity, uncertainty, and fast-changing priorities
Can multitask across AI, product, research, strategy, partnerships, and execution
Are willing to hustle in a demanding early-stage startup environment
Want to build and lead the AI division of a deep-tech healthcare company
Are motivated by ESOPs, equity-linked wealth creation, and long-term leadership opportunity
Can take ownership of outcomes without waiting for detailed instructions
Want to contribute to patents, products, research, IP, and company strategy
Who This Role Is Not For
This role is not suitable for candidates who are mainly looking for:
A standard corporate position
Predictable monthly salary growth as the primary motivation
A fixed promotion ladder without entrepreneurial ownership
Highly structured work with limited ambiguity
A narrow technical role without leadership or company-building responsibility
Limited involvement in product, strategy, business, partnerships, or organisational growth
We are looking for people who want to build, lead, own, and grow with the company.
Key Responsibilities
The selected candidate will work directly with the founders and contribute to ARCHLE Labs’ AI, product, research, and health-tech strategy.
Key responsibilities include:
Define and guide the AI strategy for ARCHLE Labs
Build the foundation of the company’s Health AI division
Identify healthcare problems where AI can create practical and measurable value
Build, evaluate, and improve AI systems for real-world healthcare use cases
Convert early ideas into experiments, prototypes, pilots, and scalable solutions
Develop clinically relevant, reliable, responsible, and explainable AI systems
Create frameworks for model evaluation, accuracy, safety, reliability, usability, and clinical relevance
Work with engineering, product, clinical, and business teams to move AI initiatives from concept to implementation
Support pilots, partnerships, research collaborations, and strategic initiatives
Contribute to patents, invention disclosures, research outputs, white papers, technical documentation, and other IP assets
Participate in leadership discussions related to product direction, technology positioning, fundraising, partnerships, and company growth
Help hire, mentor, and build the future AI team as the organisation scales
Required Experience and Skills
Minimum 7+ years of experience in AI, ML, applied AI, data science, AI research, or related fields
Prior experience in health AI, clinical AI, medical AI, digital health, diagnostics, hospital technology, biomedical AI, or healthcare data systems
Strong hands-on experience with Python and modern AI/ML frameworks
Experience developing AI systems beyond proof-of-concept stage
Strong understanding of model evaluation, experimentation, deployment, and performance monitoring
Ability to work with real-world, incomplete, sensitive, and complex healthcare data
Understanding of healthcare workflows, clinical relevance, patient safety, and responsible AI practices
Strong first-principles thinking, problem-solving ability, and execution mindset
Ability to communicate with founders, clinicians, engineers, partners, investors, and external stakeholders
High ownership, accountability, integrity, and long-term commitment
Technical Capabilities
The candidate should have experience or strong working knowledge in several of the following areas:
Large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning, NLP, clinical NLP, predictive modelling, multimodal AI, AI agents, workflow automation, healthcare data systems, model evaluation, AI safety, explainability, MLOps, LLMOps, data privacy, and production AI deployment workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, or a related field
Experience in a health-tech startup, AI-first company, diagnostics company, medical device company, hospital technology company, or clinical AI research group
Experience working with clinicians, hospitals, public health systems, research institutions, or regulated healthcare environments
Publications, patents, deployed AI products, clinical AI projects, or a strong technical portfolio
Growth Opportunity
This role is designed for someone who wants to grow with ARCHLE Labs and take long-term ownership of the company’s AI direction.
As the company scales, this individual may grow into a broader senior leadership or C-suite role based on performance, trust, contribution, consistency, and commitment.
Application Process
Interested candidates may share:
Updated resume
Details of AI/ML systems, health AI projects, research work, products, or experiments they have built
GitHub, portfolio, publications, patents, or technical writing, if available
A brief note explaining why they want to join an early-stage deep-tech healthcare company as part of the Founder’s Team