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Senior AI Engineer

doctronic · New York, US

Job description

Senior AI Engineer

Doctronic | New York City ONSITE (Hybrid) | Reports to CEO

The Mission

Let's make healthcare free and accessible to everyone through AI. We're building an AI doctor that already handles millions of consultations - our goal is to scale this to billions while maintaining medical safety and accuracy.

What You'll Build

Core AI Systems

  • Multi-agent consensus architectures where specialized models debate cases before conclusions
  • RAG pipelines processing thousands of clinical guidelines built for LLM consumption
  • Fine tuning and model distillation to support efficient performance
  • Real-time inference systems handling millions of medical consultations each month
  • Custom workflows for domain-specific medical reasoning

Clinical Data Infrastructure

  • NLP pipelines extracting structured data from patient conversations (HIPAA-compliant)
  • QHIN integrations for automated EHR data retrieval and reconciliation
  • Intelligent triage systems routing between AI and human providers
  • Documentation generation matching provider-specific protocols

Safety & Scale

  • Emergency detection with sub-second escalation to human oversight
  • Validation layers ensuring 99%+ treatment plan accuracy
  • Distributed systems handling rapid growth and peak loads
  • Fail-safe mechanisms for critical path decisions in regulated environments

You'll also work on voice/video AI interfaces, multilingual medical NLP, predictive health modeling, and infrastructure for the next billion patient interactions.

How We Work

  • Engineering-first org: no project managers, just senior engineers
  • Flat structure with direct CEO reporting and high autonomy
  • Own features end-to-end from minimal specs to production
  • AI coding tools encouraged
  • Ship fast with good judgment; daily standups for alignment, not micromanagement

Required Qualifications

Education & Background

  • CS degree OR equivalent demonstrated expertise
  • Hard science degrees (Physics, Math, Engineering) welcomed with strong technical foundation
  • Preference for graduates from top programs at top universities
  • Preference for founders, founding engineers, or extensive startup experience
  • Independent problem solver who collaborates well cross-functionally

Technical Expertise

  • 7+ years engineering with LLM and generative AI expertise
  • Deep knowledge of OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Meta LLaMA, and foundation models
  • Production AI systems with real-time inference requirements
  • Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, modern AI frameworks
  • Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, model optimization for specialized domains

Preferred Qualifications

  • AI systems for healthcare, medical, or life sciences applications
  • Medical terminology, clinical workflows, healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR)
  • Medical AI safety, bias detection, fairness in healthcare
  • NLP for domain-specific applications
  • Work with medical professionals or regulated healthcare environments
  • Published research in AI/ML, especially healthcare or safety-critical applications
  • Seed/Series A experience in AI or healthcare
  • Advanced degree in CS, AI/ML, or related field

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary plus significant equity
  • Build AI systems transforming healthcare for millions
  • Direct CEO reporting with significant autonomy
  • Access to leading AI technologies and medical experts
  • Benefits reimbursement

Funding & Momentum

  • Union Square Ventures led our seed (Feb 2025)
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners preempted our Series A six months later (Aug 2025)
  • Abstract preempted our Series B five months later (Jan 2026)
  • Significant equity stake in fast-moving, well-backed company

About Doctronic

Doctronic is the #1 AI Doctor, revolutionizing direct-to-patient healthcare through our proprietary AI system. Doctronic is the first AI legally authorized to practice medicine. We're processing millions of consultations monthly with 99%+ treatment plan accuracy validated by board-certified clinicians. Our platform (doctronic.ai) provides free, anonymous, HIPAA-compliant AI consultations alongside affordable human physician visits ($40) available 24/7 across all 50 states via instant video, scheduled video, or async text.

Compensation Range: $200K - $300K

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