Staff AI Engineer, Oscar Health
$198.7-260.8k
+ Equity grants + Annual performance bonuses
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Digital healthcare insurance
Job no longer available
Digital healthcare insurance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$198.7-260.8k
+ Equity grants + Annual performance bonuses
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make a healthier life accessible and affordable for all.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering, data science, or a related field, with a track record of impactful accomplishments
- 5+ years of experience as a leader of cross-pod or cross-company deliverables
- 5+ years of experience leading technical contributions, improving the quality of what your teams create
- 5+ years of experience with practical application of CS concepts within their team
- 5+ years of experience setting and enforcing the standard for writing stable, correct, and maintainable code
- 5+ years of experience leading technical teams including mentoring and training more junior engineers
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience solving complex, ambiguous problems
- Experience designing and analyzing experiments or evaluations
- Experience or an interest in prototyping full-stack applications
Desirable
- Experience with the healthcare industry. Familiarity with claims or clinical data
- Degree in math, statistics, data science, or engineering
- Our ideal candidate is a data scientist with an engineering background, an engineer with a data science background, or a founder-type who combines product thinking, rapid prototyping, and hands-on coding to deliver real-world impact
- Experience with NLP, neural networks, transformers, and modern AI frameworks
- Knowledge of containerization and deployment tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) or full-stack development (e.g., React, Golang)
- Experimental mindset: comfort with testing hypotheses and iterating on failures
What the job involves
- Join Oscar’s AI team to build and launch transformative AI-powered products that redefine the healthcare experience for millions
- As an Applied AI Engineer, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of high-impact projects—conceiving, prototyping, and deploying generative AI solutions that solve real-world problems across the healthcare ecosystem
- You’ll work alongside a world-class team of engineers and data scientists, rapidly iterating on ideas and shipping production-ready applications that drive measurable business and user outcomes
- You’ll have the autonomy to identify opportunities, experiment with the latest AI models and techniques, and deliver solutions that streamline operations, improve patient experiences, and move the needle for Oscar and our members
- You will report to the Sr Director, AI
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-driven products and features, from zero-to-one prototypes to robust production systems
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and business teams to deeply understand user needs and deliver solutions that move key metrics
- Rapidly experiment with new models, techniques, and tools (including LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows), iterating based on data and user feedback
- Build and scale full-stack applications and intelligent agents that automate complex healthcare workflows and deliver seamless user experiences
- Stay on the cutting edge of the AI ecosystem, evaluating and integrating emerging technologies to keep Oscar at the forefront of healthcare innovation
- Contribute to Oscar’s AI strategy and technical vision, helping shape the future of healthcare through technology
- Other duties as assigned
Our take
The US healthcare system is the world's largest and most expensive, but has health outcomes worse than other advanced economies. Oscar Health is focused on building a system of healthcare that is completely centered around its members' experience, offering direct-to-consumer insurance, with digital tools such as a virtual care experience forming a key part of the company’s business model.
Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform. It gained a competitive edge by launching the "My Identity" functionality in 2021, that demonstrated a huge step for diversity and inclusion in healthcare, enabling users to input their names, pronouns and gender identity. It also provides access to health providers that will understand a user's language, race, ethnicity, and health situation, showcasing the company's focus on optimizing member experiences.
The company has secured good funding in the past, and expanded into new markets and states since its launch. This has fuelled growth and supported ventures such as its Culturally Competent Care Grant Program. An upcoming market expansion forms a key part of the company's plans to "more than double" membership by 2027.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Dec 2020
$140m
LATE VC
Jun 2020
$225m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company HQ
Hudson Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Mario Schlosser
(Co-Founder & President of Technology)Started their career at McKinsey where they were a Fellow Senior Associate. Founded Vostu where they held the Chief Scientist role before co-founding Oscar Health.
Mark Bertolini
(CEO)Previously Co-CEO at Bridgewater Associates, Chairman and CEO at Aetna as well as EVP at Cigna and Nylcare Health Plans.
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