Senior Applied AI Engineer ($190k-$250k + Equity) at well-funded healthtech AI startup
Jack & Jill · San Francisco, CA · 4 days ago
On-siteEngineering$190k–$250k/yrFull-time
About the role
This is a senior applied AI engineer position at a well-funded healthtech AI startup located in San Francisco, USA.
Responsibilities
- Build and deploy production-grade AI systems that automate complex clinical workflows and improve patient care delivery.
- Design LLM agents, implement RAG systems, and create robust evaluation frameworks for medical documentation.
- Owning the full AI lifecycle in a mission-driven environment where technology directly impacts healthcare outcomes.
- Collaborate with engineering and product leaders to integrate automated reasoning into core healthcare delivery pipelines.
Requirements
- Over 5 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping production-grade LLM applications.
- Strong engineering judgment regarding observability, maintainability, and reliability in AI-driven system design.
- Thrives in fast-paced startup environments and possesses the ability to navigate technical ambiguity while maintaining a focus on pragmatism.
Qualifications
- Experience with large language models (LLM) and retrieval augmented generation (RAG).
- Knowledge of clinical documentation and regulatory compliance.
- Ability to reason over complex clinical data and context.
- Experience with machine learning and data science tools.
Skills
- Software engineering skills.
- Experience with LLMs and RAG systems.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range of $190k-$250k plus equity.
- Opportunity to work on high-impact AI systems that solve fundamental scaling challenges in the healthcare industry.
- High-velocity Series A startup environment with backing from top-tier venture capital firms.
- Influence the technical direction and architecture of a platform transitioning manual healthcare operations into automated, AI-native workflows.
Pay
$190k-$250k + Equity
Schedule
Full-time