Senior AI Engineer

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

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.

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.

• 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

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

• 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

• 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)

• Significant equity stake in fast-moving, well-backed company

doctronic.ai provides free, anonymous, HIPAA-compliant AI consultations. Optional human physician video visits with our doctors cost just $39 and are available 24/7 across all 50 states. We are processing millions of monthly consults with 99%+ treatment plan accuracy validated by board-certified clinicians.