Founding AI Engineer – HealthTech

Responsibilities

• Design and develop LLM-based systems to automate complex medical coding workflows
• Build and improve agentic workflows tailored to the operational constraints of healthcare facilities
• Define the AI/ML architecture and roadmap with the CTO
• Test and integrate the most relevant models, frameworks, and techniques available on the market
• Build pipelines to securely ingest and process healthcare data
• Connect AI systems to the applications used by hospital professionals
• Define robust methods for evaluating AI system performance
• Own the full lifecycle of AI features: research, prototyping, production, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Contribute to product decisions and rapidly turn user feedback into tangible improvements
• Work directly with the CTO and founding team in a lean tech team

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working on Machine Learning / AI challenges in production environments
• Degree from a top-10 engineering school
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Hands-on experience with LLMs / NLP and building products powered by generative AI
• Experience with prompt engineering, model evaluation, and/or fine-tuning
• Ability to build production-ready AI systems, not just prototypes or notebooks
• Excellent understanding of backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines
• High level of autonomy and ability to take ownership of projects from start to finish
• Eager to work in a startup environment with rapid development cycles
• Experience with Hugging Face, LangChain, PyTorch, or similar tools
• Experience with TypeScript / Node.js / NestJS
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and modern data architectures
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes
• Experience with agentic systems or complex LLM workflows
• Experience handling sensitive data or working in a regulated environment, such as healthcare, finance, or insurance
• Understanding of security and privacy issues related to healthcare data

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing LLM-based systems for automating medical coding workflows, with a strong focus on building production-ready AI systems and integrating them into healthcare applications. Proficient in managing the full lifecycle of AI features while ensuring compliance with security and privacy standards in regulated environments.

Hard Skills

• Machine Learning
• AI Development
• Python
• LLMs
• NLP
• Prompt Engineering
• Model Evaluation
• Data Pipelines
• Backend Systems
• Production-Ready AI Systems

Soft Skills

• Autonomy
• Ownership
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Rapid Development

Industry Keywords

• Healthcare
• Regulated Environment
• Data Security
• Privacy Issues
• Agentic Systems

Tools & Technologies

• Hugging Face
• LangChain
• PyTorch
• TypeScript
• Node.js
• NestJS
• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Azure
• Docker