Lead AI Engineer (NBA)

Location: Remote nationwide in the United States; hybrid work is possible, preferably from Boston, MA, with occasional travel to hirify.global offices for training or meetings.

Salary: $129,300–$177,800 per year, plus eligibility for a bonus incentive plan.

Company

hirify.global is a U.S. healthcare and insurance company providing insurance and healthcare services to millions of people, including Medicare and Medicaid members.

What you will do

• Design, build, and own production agentic AI workflows that provide analysis, recommendations, and automation across the NBA platform.
• Write and ship production code as a hands-on individual contributor while leading a small team of engineers and contractors.
• Architect multi-step agentic pipelines integrating data layers, decisioning outputs, activation channels, and user-facing interfaces.
• Integrate Claude, GPT, or equivalent LLMs using prompt engineering, tool use, structured outputs, and context management.
• Partner with frontend and product teams to deliver AI-powered experiences in the Command and Control UI and other operator-facing surfaces.
• Build evaluation frameworks and ensure AI workflows are reliable, auditable, and safe in a regulated healthcare environment.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software or ML engineering experience, including at least 1–2 years focused on LLM integration, agentic AI, or AI product engineering.
• Production experience building agentic systems with multi-step pipelines, tool orchestration, structured output handling, and multi-turn conversation management.
• Production experience with RAG patterns and vector search.
• Strong Python engineering skills and experience shipping production-grade AI systems rather than prototypes.
• Experience integrating Anthropic, OpenAI, or equivalent LLM APIs into real applications.
• Ability to lead a small team or pod through delivery and manage contractor resources.
• Strong judgment regarding when AI is appropriate, especially in regulated, member-facing contexts.
• Clear communication skills for explaining agentic architectures to engineers and product owners.
• Deep fluency with AI productivity tools such as Claude and Copilot.

Nice to have

• Experience orchestrating multi-agent systems across complex, long-running workflows.
• Experience integrating agentic AI into bespoke enterprise software and external systems such as Salesforce, Adobe Experience Platform, or claims platforms.
• Experience building AI-powered analytics or insight surfaces for business intelligence or operational UIs.
• Background in healthcare, insurance, or other regulated industries where AI outputs carry compliance risk.
• Experience with AI evaluation frameworks for measuring output quality and detecting drift.
• Familiarity with the Anthropic Claude API and Claude Agent SDK.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week, typically Monday through Friday during business hours, with some flexibility based on business needs.
• Remote or hybrid home/office work with a dedicated workspace and minimum internet speeds of 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.
• Occasional travel may be required for training, meetings, or conferences.
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k); paid time off and holidays; parental and caregiver leave; disability coverage; and life insurance.

Hiring process

• Applicants who pass the prescreen may be invited to complete a 10–15-minute on-demand assessment through HireVue.
• If a formal employment offer is extended, SSN entry into Workday will be requested to scan for duplicate profiles.