Staff Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI/Python): Designing and evolving an AI and Recommendations platform to power treatment recommendations and provider decision support with an accent on scalable backend systems, distributed architectures, and LLM integration. Focus on productionizing ML models, building high-reliability data pipelines, and establishing reusable engineering patterns for personalized healthcare at scale.

Location: US Remote

Salary: $195,000 – $240,000 + Equity

Company

hirify.global is a leading health and wellness platform redefining healthcare through personalized, affordable, and accessible care.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems and APIs that power treatment recommendations and personalization.
• Architect infrastructure for experimentation, recommendation engines, and AI-powered healthcare experiences.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to productionize models and integrate intelligent decisioning into customer and provider workflows.
• Design and implement highly reliable, observable, and maintainable distributed systems.
• Drive platform investments in self-service tooling, testing infrastructure, and data pipelines.
• Mentor engineers and influence the long-term technical direction of the AI ecosystem.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Strong expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern software development practices.
• Experience integrating ML models, recommendation engines, or LLM-powered applications into production.
• Demonstrated success leading large technical initiatives and influencing architecture across teams.
• Must be based in the US (compensation range provided for US-based candidates).

Nice to have

• Experience building recommendation, ranking, or decision-support systems.
• Experience in healthcare, health tech, or other regulated environments.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, MLflow, or Airflow.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity compensation.
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days.
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and parental leave.
• 401k with employer matching and Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• Offsite team retreats.