Senior Manager of AI Engineering, Talkiatry
$190-240k
+ Offers Equity + Offers Bonus
Personalized mental healthcare provider
Job no longer available
Personalized mental healthcare provider
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$190-240k
+ Offers Equity + Offers Bonus
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform psychiatry with accessible, human, and responsible care.
Role
Who you are
- Expert in large language models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, etc.), including fine-tuning, prompt engineering, embeddings, and context window optimization
- Hands-on experience with RAG frameworks, vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Redis), and memory architectures
- Strong programming background in Python and ML stack (PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain, Weights & Biases)
- Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and orchestration tools (Airflow, FastAPI, etc.)
- Deep familiarity with model evaluation frameworks—automated and
- Human-in-the-loop—for conversation safety, empathy, and hallucination detection
- 5+ years of experience in AI/ML roles, with at least 3 years leading cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and research
- A successful track record of shipping production-grade AI systems—ideally in healthcare, mental health, or another mission-critical domain
- Deep technical fluency in LLMs, retrieval systems, and safe interaction design—with an ability to lead architectural decisions and implementation
- Experience building or managing AI teams from 0→1, with a strong recruiting eye and mentorship skills
- Familiarity with ethical AI, including red-teaming, bias mitigation, explainability, and escalation protocols for risky outputs
- Strong understanding of healthcare compliance (e.g., HIPAA, PHI), including how to architect systems with auditability and patient safety in mind
- A pragmatic approach to experimentation and iteration—balancing cutting-edge AI with operational feasibility and clinical guardrails
- Exceptional communication skills—you can convey technical decisions to both engineers and executives, and lead strategic conversations with confidence
What the job involves
- Talkiatry is seeking a Senior Manager of AI Engineering to drive AI innovations that make high quality mental healthcare more accessible
- In this role, you’ll be the founding member of our AI technical team, defining and executing its roadmap, and lead cross-functional efforts spanning engineering, clinical, compliance, and product teams
- Define and lead the AI roadmap across experimentation, model evaluation, deployment, and iteration
- Architect systems to support safe and scalable LLM interactions—including prompt chaining, memory retention, and RAG pipelines
- Develop strategies for model selection (e.g., Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, open-source) and cost-effective inference at scale
- Design and implement experiments to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and impact of AI innovations
- Build and scale a high-performing AI team across machine learning, data science, MLOps, and backend infrastructure.
- Serve as the AI technical authority in conversations with external vendors, cloud partners, compliance officers, and executive stakeholders
- Partner with legal and clinical teams to ensure HIPAA compliance, BAA alignment, and safe handling of sensitive patient data
Our take
Awareness of the importance of mental health is growing worldwide, with many people seeking psychiatry to improve their mental wellness and quality of life. However, psychiatrist waiting lists and a "one size fits all" approach to mental health often prevent people from receiving the support that they need.
Talkiatry provides a personalized mental health marketplace, matching users with in-house psychiatrists based on preliminary assessment answers. Whilst the company inevitably faces competition from other online psychiatry marketplaces, Talkiatry shows the potential to stand out through its personalized, flexible, and insurance-first approach.
Healthtech is growing in strength, and with various partnerships and has substantial funding to its name. Notably, it claimed an oversubscribed Series D in 2026, positioning Talkiatry for future success and innovation in the evolving healthcare landscape.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2026
$210m
SERIES D
Jun 2024
$65m
SERIES C
Total funding: $408m
Company benefits
- Flexible location: Work remotely across the US or from our HQ in NYC
- Health insurance 100% covered on day one
- 401(k) match with match
- Generous PTO plus paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Robert Krayn
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as an Analyst for BNY Mellon from 2012 to 2013 and Guggenheim Partners from 2013 to 2014. Vice President of MidOcean Partners from 2014 to 2019.
Georgia Gaveras
(Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer)Previously the Director of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program at NYC Health + Hospitals. They were also an Attending Psychiatrist at Cohen Children's Medical Center and spent 10 years at Mount Sinai Health System as an Attending Psychiatrist and Director.
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