Founding AI Engineer (Healthcare Focus)

Founding AI Engineer (Healthcare Focus)

Location: Albuquerque, NM (On-site, 5 days/week)

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation Structure: Salary: $150K + Significant Equity

We are a mission-driven, pre-seed startup focused on reimagining healthcare delivery through state-of-the-art AI capabilities. Join a small, high-ownership founding team as the inaugural AI Engineer, where your work will directly transform patient and clinician experiences. This role offers the unique opportunity to operate as a co-founder and is ideal for a builder motivated by massive impact.

We are seeking a curious, creative, and disciplined Founding AI Engineer to take the lead in integrating and deploying AI solutions that re-engineer complex clinical workflows. This role demands high autonomy, a deep technical skillset, and a relentless focus on solving real-world challenges in the healthcare space.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Collaborate closely with clinical and design experts to deeply understand and re-engineer clinical workflows using state-of-the-art AI
• Delve into clinical content, guidelines, and medical research to identify major inefficiencies and key opportunities for AI-driven automation and redesign
• Lead workflow mapping sessions, translating complex processes into clear, detailed process maps, decision trees, and content models
• Integrate and deploy LLMs and other custom AI tools to automate clinical logic and transform patient/clinician experiences
• Monitor and continuously optimize the performance, latency, and cost-efficiency of AI models and supporting backend systems
• Ensure the security, privacy, and integrity of sensitive user data, strictly adhering to HIPAA and other relevant regulations
• Develop engineering processes and tools to support faster AI product development and scaling (e.g., model invocation efficiency)
  
  

Requirements

• Experience: 3+ years of experience in AI Engineering, specifically building and successfully shipping production AI products
• Technical Stack Proficiency: Strong practical experience with LLMs, AI APIs, Prompt Engineering, Python, Machine Learning, and Vectorization
• Infrastructure Knowledge: Familiarity with deployment and scaling technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Problem-Solving: A disciplined, builder-at-heart mentality with a drive to tackle complex, ambiguous problems in a regulated environment
• Mission Alignment: Deep motivation to make a significant impact on healthcare delivery and improve patient/clinician experiences
• Work Location: Willingness to work 5 days in-office in Albuquerque, NM
• Visa Status: TN visas are available. H1B sponsorship will be considered only for truly exceptional candidates
  
  

Benefits

• Founding Equity: Generous equity grant of 3-5% in a high-impact venture, designed to reward long-term commitment and co-founder mentality
• Competitive Compensation: Starting salary of $150K, with a plan for cash compensation adjustments for all co-founders immediately upon securing initial VC funding
• Relocation Support: Full coverage of relocation expenses to Albuquerque, NM, if needed
• Comprehensive Coverage: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Culture and Lifestyle: Join a lean, mission-driven, family-friendly culture focused on meaningful work. Enjoy the New Mexico lifestyle, known for 300+ days of sunshine, stunning landscapes, and outdoor activities
• High Impact: Opportunity to be an original technical leader and influence the product, culture, and success of the entire venture from day one.
  
  

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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