Senior Staff AI Engineer

About the Company

Hippocratic AI is the leading generative AI company in healthcare. We have trained our own LLMs as part of our Polaris constellation, resulting in a system with over 99.9% accuracy, designed to transform patient outcomes at a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year technical strategy and architectural roadmap for the AI platform, including RAG, multi-agent systems, real-time voice, evaluation, and safety.
• Architect foundational platforms and systems used across multiple products, teams, and partners.
• Partner with the executive team, product leadership, and clinical leadership to translate healthcare goals into technical bets.
• Own the company-wide safety and evaluation bar, setting standards and measurement systems for all agents and models.
• Mentor Staff and Senior engineers and shape hiring and leveling across the organization.
• Represent Hippocratic AI externally through publications, conference talks, and partner engagements.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• 10+ years of professional experience in software, ML, or AI engineering
• Proven track record building and shipping AI- or ML-powered products in production
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and data pipelines
• Deep understanding of prompt engineering, vector databases, and retrieval systems (RAG)
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure) and modern DevOps practices
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or deploying LLM-based or multi-agent systems at scale
• Hands-on work with speech recognition, text-to-speech, or streaming architectures
• Prior exposure to healthcare, safety-critical domains, or regulated product development