Engineering Manager (AI)

Location: Palo Alto, United States — hybrid

Salary: $220,000–$280,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global builds healthcare infrastructure for safe generative AI governance, healthcare-specific agent creation, and real-time algorithm monitoring.

What you will do

• Directly manage a team of approximately 5–6 engineers, including performance reviews, conflict resolution, career development, and hiring.
• Translate engineering roadmap priorities into clear, executable plans with the Director of Engineering.
• Stay hands-on by reviewing designs, unblocking engineers, and contributing to key technical decisions.
• Support platform modernization and the scaling of the application layer.
• Apply modern LLM methodologies and applied AI techniques to healthcare problems.
• Support new product initiatives from concept through production deployment and improve delivery rigor.

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years of direct people management.
• Experience growing or leading a small engineering team toward 5–10 people.
• Strong people-management skills covering performance management, conflict resolution, and career development.
• Technical foundation in system design and architecture discussions.
• Technical lead experience with backend distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and AI/ML.
• Experience shipping and supporting production applications in a fast-growing engineering organization.

Nice to have

• Experience at both a large technology company and a growth-stage startup.
• Applied AI/ML or LLM experience, especially in new product development.
• Platform, foundational, or distributed systems engineering experience.
• Experience in healthcare or value-based and outcomes-based contract environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven, inclusive environment focused on transforming healthcare with AI.
• Hybrid work options and flexible working hours.
• Competitive salary with equity packages.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.