Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

Luminai Healthcare seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer delivery. This role involves embedding directly with customers to understand their workflows, constraints, and success criteria. You will design, build, and deploy AI-driven solutions tailored to real operational problems, build and maintain production systems, and partner closely with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap, abstractions, and long-term system design.

Responsibilities

• Embed directly with customers to understand their workflows, constraints, and success criteria
• Design, build, and deploy AI-driven solutions tailored to real operational problems
• Build and maintain production systems including APIs, integrations, monitoring, and feedback loops
• Translate business requirements and customer needs into technical architectures and implementations
• Operate in high-stakes environments where reliability, speed, and judgment matter
• Identify patterns across customer deployments and feed insights back into core product and platform development
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap, abstractions, and long-term system design
• Own deployments end-to-end, from initial scoping through launch and iteration

Requirements

Strong proficiency in Python (TypeScript / JavaScript experience is a plus). Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into working, production-ready systems. Strong communication skills and comfort working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. High ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently in fast-changing environments. Experience with AI systems (LLMs, vector databases, prompt engineering, or agent frameworks) is a strong plus.

Qualifications

Experience in healthcare technology, familiarity with healthcare industry standards and regulations, and a passion for improving patient care are beneficial but not required.

Skills

Strong proficiency in Python (TypeScript / JavaScript experience is a plus). Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into working, production-ready systems. Strong communication skills and comfort working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. High ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently in fast-changing environments. Experience with AI systems (LLMs, vector databases, prompt engineering, or agent frameworks) is a strong plus.

Benefits

Competitive compensation range: $150K - $220K. Luminai offers a flexible work schedule with a hybrid model of 4 days in-office (Monday - Friday, Wednesday optional WFH) in either San Francisco, California or New York, New York. Additional benefits may include:

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Flexible vacation policy
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee recognition programs

Pay

$150K - $220K

Schedule

Hybrid model: 4 days in-office (Monday - Friday, Wednesday optional WFH)