Senior Applied AI Engineer

Abby Care

. Own high-impact AI systems end to end, from workflow discovery and technical design through production deployment, iteration, and measurable outcomes .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating AI systems within healthcare workflows, focusing on technical design, production deployment, and iterative improvement. Proficient in mentoring engineers and integrating AI capabilities across cross-functional teams while ensuring effective communication of complex concepts.

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5+ Years Software Engineering ExperienceAI System DevelopmentLanguage Models and Retrieval SystemsMentoring EngineersHealthcare Workflow Integration

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningApplied AIBackend SystemsData ModelingModel Fine-TuningProbabilistic Systems EvaluationAPIsTestingObservabilitySynthetic Data Generation

Soft Skills

Complex Problem SolvingCross-Functional CollaborationTechnical CommunicationJudgment in AI ApplicationLeadership

Tools & Technologies

Model APIsAgent ArchitecturesWorkflow EnginesState MachinesDocument IntelligenceKnowledge GraphsOntologies

Industry Keywords

HealthcareFintechInsuranceRegulated EnvironmentOperations-Intensive Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own high-impact AI systems end to end, from workflow discovery and technical design through production deployment, iteration, and measurable outcomes
Build reliable agents and copilots that reason over structured and unstructured data, use internal tools, and execute multi-step workflows
Design systems for incomplete information, conflicting evidence, changing requirements, and operational edge cases using models, retrieval, rules, state machines, and human oversight
Build evaluation datasets, evaluation harnesses, production tracing, confidence-based escalation, and systematic error-analysis processes
Integrate AI capabilities into complete workflows with Product, Design, Clinical, Operations, Analytics, Platform, and System of Record engineers
Contribute reusable platform capabilities and architectural decisions
Mentor engineers and improve Applied AI development and operations
Develop production AI systems for healthcare workflows including clinical documentation, evidence interpretation, prior authorization, nursing visit assistance, billing risk identification, and operational follow-up

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional software engineering, machine learning, or Applied AI experience
Experience building and operating AI- or machine-learning-powered systems in production
Strong hands-on experience with language models, retrieval systems, structured generation, model APIs, or agent architectures
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including backend systems, APIs, data modeling, testing, and observability
Experience designing evaluations and analyzing the behavior of probabilistic systems
Ability to own ambiguous, cross-functional problems through implementation and iteration
Judgment about where AI is appropriate and where deterministic approaches or human review are required
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical partners
Experience mentoring engineers, leading technically complex projects, or influencing architectural decisions
Must reside in or be willing to permanently relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
Experience with model fine-tuning, post-training, reinforcement learning, synthetic data generation, multimodal models, document intelligence, knowledge graphs, ontologies, workflow engines, or state machines is preferred but not required
Experience in healthcare, fintech, insurance, or another regulated and operations-intensive environment is preferred but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation packages
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including a $0 deductible PPO
Company-funded HSA
Employer-paid life and disability insurance
Generous paid time off
10 paid company holidays
HSA contributions
Optional FSA and commuter benefits
Full coverage of all 401(k) account fees; employer match not currently offered
Paid parental leave
Equity