Director of AI Engineering & Innovation, WelbeHealth
$168.9-232.2k
Offers bonus
At-home healthcare for the elderly
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At-home healthcare for the elderly
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$168.9-232.2k
Offers bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help seniors thrive and live longer with greater connection, vitality, and meaning.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree required in Computer Science, AI, Computer Engineering, or other relevant field; Master's Degree preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of hands-on experience in AI/ML engineering, applied AI development, or software engineering with a strong AI focus, including at least two (2) years in a technical leadership or people management role
- Strategic leadership: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a technology or AI product roadmap, align cross-functional stakeholders, translate business and organizational goals into a sequenced portfolio of deliverable initiatives, and present complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences
- Enterprise LLM & AI application expertise: Proven track record designing, building, and deploying production-grade enterprise AI/LLM solutions on commercial platforms (OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini), including prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, agentic frameworks and workflows, AI assistants, and multi[1]model orchestration
- Cloud & infrastructure: Hands-on experience architecting and deploying AI services in secure cloud environments — primarily Azure (Azure OpenAI / Azure AI); AWS a plus — with a focus on scalability, reliability, and cost. Includes Docker, private networking, managed identities, and DevOps/CI/CD pipelines
- Python & technical depth: Advanced proficiency in Python for AI development, with a strong software engineering background including API and service integration. Ability to engage credibly in hands-on technical design and code review with engineering staff
- At WelbeHealth, our mission is to unlock the full potential of our vulnerable seniors. In this spirit, please note that we have a vaccination policy for all our employees and proof of vaccination, or a vaccine declination form will be required prior to employment. WelbeHealth maintains required infection control and PPE standards and has requirements relevant to all team members regarding vaccinations
What the job involves
- The Director, AI Engineering & Innovation provides strategic and technical leadership for WelbeHealth's artificial intelligence and innovation program
- This role is responsible for defining and executing an AI product roadmap that directly advances participant outcomes and operational excellence within our PACE model of care
- The Director, AI Engineering & Innovation translates WelbeHealth's mission into a portfolio of AI-powered solutions — overseeing their end-to-end delivery from ideation through production — while leading and developing a team of AI Engineers
- The Director serves as a senior thought partner to cross[1]functional stakeholders, ensures all AI initiatives meet healthcare regulatory requirements, and makes informed build-versus-buy decisions across the AI vendor landscape
- The Director, AI Engineering & Innovation is a member of the WelbeHealth leadership team and facilitates collaborative relationships across WelbeHealth and with external stakeholders to promote WelbeHealth values, team culture and mission
- AI Product Roadmap: Define, prioritize, and maintain a multi-horizon AI innovation roadmap aligned to WelbeHealth's mission of unlocking the full potential of our most vulnerable seniors
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Alignment: Partner with clinical, operations, compliance, and technology leaders to identify high-impact AI opportunities, secure organizational alignment, and champion adoption of AI-powered solutions across the enterprise
- Build vs. Buy Decision Authority: Evaluate and recommend make-versus-partner decisions across the AI and technology vendor landscape. Lead vendor assessments, contract negotiations, and ongoing governance for third-party AI tools and platforms
- Innovation Scouting: Continuously monitor the evolving AI landscape — frontier models, agentic frameworks, retrieval systems, and healthcare-specific AI capabilities — and proactively recommend emerging approaches that can improve participant outcomes, operational efficiency, or team productivity
- AI Solution Delivery: Oversee the full development lifecycle for AI use cases — from rapid proof-of-concept through validation, iteration, and production deployment. Maintain accountability for delivery quality, timelines, and technical standards across the AI engineering portfolio
- Architecture Guidance: Provide hands-on technical direction for AI application architecture, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, agentic workflows, enterprise LLM integration, and secure cloud deployment patterns (primarily Azure)
- Healthcare Compliance: Ensure all AI systems and data practices adhere to HIPAA, PHI handling requirements, and the compliance standards unique to healthcare technology. Partner with legal, compliance, and security teams to embed privacy-by-design principles into every AI solution
Our take
Healthcare and insurance can be tricky to navigate, especially for the eldest and most vulnerable. That's what WelbeHealth aims to change with its healthcare management program for seniors.
It markets its program as ‘PACE’ - that’s Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly - which means that once a patient signs up, WelbeHealth coordinates and pays for all their healthcare, taking pressure off the patient and caregivers. It’s covered under Medicare and Medi-Cal and puts a strong focus on coordinating support to help patients stay at home and remain an active part of their community.
There’s a wide market for healthcare management, particularly healthcare for seniors. WelbeHealth’s offer has raised impressive funds and seen solid growth and community impact. In 2023, it bolstered its growth with new hires in key leadership positions, indicating its attractiveness for medical science and technology leaders.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Jun 2018
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $61.2m
Company benefits
- TIME TO RECHARGE: We believe in healthy and refreshed employees. That’s why full-time employees get 17 days of paid time off in year one, 12 company holidays and 5 sick days
- EQUITY PARTICIPATION RIGHTS FOR ALL: Our success is a reflection of our employees. That’s why we’ve implemented a best practice from leading companies: Equity Grants for all employees
- COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS: We’ve got you covered! Health, dental, vision and life insurance coverage. Paid parental leave. 401k matching program. Continuing Medical Education opportunities
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Adam Groff
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Calibrater Health, GoHealth Urgent Care and Better Life Partners, and work at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Centre.
Si France
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Engagement Manager at McKinsey, and co-founder & CEO of GoHealth Urgent Care.
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