Senior Applied AI Engineer, Wellthy

• As we grow, we’re seeking collaborative, curious, and purpose-driven teammates to help us expand what’s possible
• To be successful in this role, you’ll need to be open to learning, experimenting, and evolving. Comfort with emerging technology and curiosity around how tools like AI can support your workflow or help families more effectively is a plus
• Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in software development with at least 2 years of hands-on applied AI/LLM experience
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks (LangChain, vector DBs)
• Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and API-based LLM integration
• Have deployed evaluation frameworks for LLMs, with an understanding of performance, reliability, and bias assessment
• Strong understanding of risks inherent in AI and approaches for mitigating them
• Familiarity with coding workflows using AI
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration
• Experience leading complex projects, demonstrating strong technical leadership
• Ability to mentor and guide other engineers
• Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with AI trends and advances
• To work remotely, you must have a strong internet connection, quiet space to take calls and a professional (distraction free) environment
• We ask that you work in a location that is:
• Private, with secure (not public) internet and phone access
• Suitable to safely and securely accommodate the sensitive information that you will be handling and communicating
• Given the nature of the material you will be working on and handling, you are required to work from a private, dedicated, distraction-free space
• We understand that there is no “perfect” candidate and never expect every candidate to meet 100% of the qualifications listed above

Desirable

• As our Senior Applied AI Engineer, you will partner closely with the CTO to design, develop, and implement applied AI solutions (retrieval-augmented generation, LLM orchestration, and safe agentic workflows) and drive the AI-first transformation of our product and engineering teams
• You will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer
• Lead design and development of applied AI systems (RAG pipelines, LLM integrations, APIs)
• Ensure safe, reliable AI outputs with guardrails, monitoring, and evaluation
• Prototype quickly, then scale to production with maintainable code
• Mentor engineers on AI best practices and safe adoption
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to collaborate on project timelines and scope for AI initiatives
• Make effective trade-offs between technical debt and short-term delivery of value
• Run experiments and rapidly prototype to quickly assess tools and prospective features
• Use AI to effectively deliver high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code, setting standards and best practices for the engineering team
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing and new features and applications
• Contribute to the development of foundational AI capabilities, such as RAG/vector-database solutions and agentic workflow solutions
• Create solutions for continuously improving AI solutions through monitoring, analytics and user feedback
• Support the ability to easily evaluate AI performance against various models and prompts
• Troubleshoot and resolve intricate technical issues related to AI implementations
• Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering their adoption and appropriate use of AI
• Support innovation through researching and assessing the latest AI advances on an ongoing basis
• Contribute to comprehensive testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, and continuous integration practices
• Develop and maintain documentation of AI solutions and related processes and best practices
• Support the production operations of the applications by participating in technical support and release duty rotations