The healthcare industry overspends on its supply chain by over $25B each year, the result of fragmented data, inefficient workflows, and wasted supplies. Clarium is fixing that. Our AI-powered platform, Astra OS, gives hospitals end-to-end visibility into their supply chain operations, automating workflows and surfacing actionable insights so supply chain teams can focus on what matters most: patient care. We're trusted by some of the world's leading health systems, including Yale New Haven Health, Stanford, Geisinger, Cleveland Clinic, and Kaiser Permanente.
Founded in 2020, Clarium has raised $43M in total funding. Our Series A was led by Northzone, with participation from General Catalyst, AlleyCorp, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Ventures, and 1984 Ventures.
The OpportunityClarium is scaling its AI capabilities, and we're looking for an AI Engineer to join the AI team. You'll work closely with our Head of AI alongside engineering, data, and product to build the backend systems and AI applications that power Clarium's healthcare supply chain platform.
This isn't a research role, you'll be shipping production systems that real healthcare providers rely on every day. If you want to own meaningful work at an early-stage, well-funded company where AI is the core product, this is the role.
In This Role You WillArchitect and develop robust backend systems that integrate with LLM APIs to power Clarium's AI features
Design and build scalable backend services in Python and FastAPI
Take full ownership of critical system components from REST APIs to AI agent implementation
Collaborate with product managers and customers to ensure what you build maps directly to real-world healthcare workflows
Participate actively in code reviews and sprint planning
5+ years of backend engineering experience
1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI applications in production
Solid understanding of backend architecture principles and AI application design
Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating third-party services
Strong command of database technologies (relational and/or NoSQL)
Self-motivated, strong communicator, and a clear problem-solver
Prior experience at an early-stage startup
Familiarity with healthcare data or supply chain domains
Incentive Stock Options proportionate to your salary
Fully remote — we're a distributed team across multiple time zones
Unlimited PTO
Top-tier health, vision, and dental benefits
The opportunity to build on a strong foundational team with deep data and engineering roots at a stage where your work genuinely shapes the product
Skills Required
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI applications in production
- Solid understanding of backend architecture principles and AI application design
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating third-party services
- Strong command of database technologies (relational and/or NoSQL)
What We Do
Clarium is building the next-gen supply chain platform that healthcare needs now. We proactively manage supply disruptions, identify substitutes, forecast surgical demand, optimize inventory planning and eliminate match exceptions ever-present in our volatile era. Our AI-enabled workflow and data tools are dramatically enhancing productivity for healthcare staff at forward-thinking institutions. All so they can focus exclusively on providing exceptional patient care.
