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Counsel’s mission is to multiply the world's healthcare capacity. We believe in a future in which every person has a personalized, AI-enabled doctor always in their pocket. To accomplish this, we’re building the first fully-vertical, AI-native medical group from the ground up. We’ve redesigned the entire clinical stack with custom AI tools that make our in-house physicians 10x faster and smarter. [learn more on our blog]
Since our founding in 2023, we have formed partnerships with leading healthcare organizations and are on track to serve hundreds of thousands of patients on our platform within the next year. We have raised over $35M from a16z, Google Ventures, Pear VC and other top-tier VC firms.
Our team combines deep expertise in medicine (Harvard, Mt. Sinai, Mass General, UCSF) and technology (MIT, Google, DeepMind, NVIDIA, Stripe, Meta) — and we’re looking for exceptional people to join us as we scale.
Join us as we build the future of AI in healthcare!
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About The RoleWe're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help define the future of AI-powered, human-led healthcare. This role can be remote, or hybrid for those based in NY/Boston or able to relocate to our in-person office.
You'll carry real ownership over our product, with the chance to shape our engineering org as it grows. You'll work cross-functionally with product, clinical, and commercial teams, and interface directly with prominent healthcare organizations nationwide. Our engineering work spans full-stack web development, data infrastructure, mobile development, and AI/MLOps.
What You'll Do
Lead initiatives with Product and Design to ship and iterate on unique product experiences in AI-enabled care that improve patient engagement and outcomes
Work closely with our ML research team to bring cutting-edge AI/LLM techniques into clinical care and build them into our agentic framework
Improve our physician-facing care platform and integrate AI tooling that increases physician efficiency and clinical capability
Architect scalable backend systems, such as health data ingestion pipelines and enterprise client integrations
An owner of broad initiatives, driving them to completion, and navigating ambiguity with ease
Hands-on experience building consumer-facing products from the ground up in a high-growth startup environment
Thrives working alongside exceptional teammates and draws energy from fast-moving, collaborative environments
Excited about working at the frontier of medical AI
What You'll Bring
5+ years of building production software, ideally including 2+ years at a startup or growth company
Proficiency with our stack: React, Next.js, Node.js (TypeScript), React Native, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, and Redis
Experience building at scale, serving hundreds of thousands of end users and large enterprise clients
Opinionated about leveling up your own engineering skills and the team around you
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and recent developments in the space
What We Offer
Impact: Be at the forefront of AI-augmented care delivery, tackling some of the most ambitious challenges in healthcare.
Growth: Professional development and leadership opportunities within a rapidly expanding tech-enabled care delivery organization.
Exposure: Gain hands-on experience in scaling a fast-growing healthcare technology company and directly interface with executives at the world’s leading healthcare organizations.
Compensation: Competitive salary and equity options.
Benefits: Competitive healthcare, vision, and dental, 401K, Unlimited PTO, snacks and free lunch at the office.
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Our Values
Patients come first.
We are clinicians 1st, technologists 2nd. We act with patient trust/safety at the center of every decision.Innovate with optimism.
We are optimistic as we build the future of care delivery from first principles. Challenge the status quo when needed, no sacred cows.Right answer wins.
Debate openly and pick the strongest path. We optimize for the company, not functions. We win and lose as a team.Simplicity over complexity.
We choose clear, elegant solutions and avoid adding complexity that does not serve patients or the team.Do fewer things, well.
We focus, and hold ourselves to the highest bar and pursue excellence in those areas.
Recruitment Fraud Notice. Counsel Health only communicates with candidates using official @counselhealth.com email addresses. We will never ask for payment or financial information during the interview process. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from Counsel Health, please contact us at [email protected].
Counsel Health participates in E-Verify. All newly hired employees are processed through the E-Verify system to confirm employment eligibility.
Skills Required
- 5+ years building production software
- At least 2+ years experience at a startup or high-growth company
- Proficiency with React, Next.js, Node.js (TypeScript), React Native, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, and Redis
- Experience building systems at scale serving hundreds of thousands of users and enterprise clients
- Hands-on experience building consumer-facing products from the ground up
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and recent developments (LLMs, MLOps)
Counsel Health Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Counsel Health and has not been reviewed or approved by Counsel Health.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered partially transparent as several current listings publish salary bands for roles like physicians and engineers, suggesting market‑aligned ranges for an early‑stage startup. These posted bands provide directional insight even if not all functions display ranges.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage across multiple postings. This breadth aligns with common expectations for venture‑backed startups.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Roles commonly cite unlimited PTO, with several postings also calling out parental leave. This indicates a wide time‑off offering on paper for many positions.
Counsel Health Insights
What We Do
Counsel Health delivers AI-enabled, physician-supervised primary care through a secure messaging-based experience. Built with enterprise-grade safety standards and AI safety guardrails, Counsel partners with health plans, consumer health solutions, employers, and health systems to provide a modern front door to care that significantly improves member access while ensuring clinical quality. By replacing outdated access points like nurse advice lines and legacy telehealth, Counsel helps organizations reduce high-cost claims, increase utilization of existing health solutions, and improve engagement, all while delivering care that is reliable, cost-effective, and scalable.
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