Optura.AI · 1 day ago
Platform Engineer, AI Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expOptura.AI is healthcare’s AI orchestration platform, aiming to revolutionize how healthcare deploys and operationalizes AI in production. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate core services for their AI Platform, ensuring secure and scalable services in real-world healthcare environments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)HealthcareHealth Care
Responsibilities
Build core platform services in Python and TypeScript for orchestration, routing, model gateways, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and evaluation pipelines
Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) alongside tests, linters, and benchmarks to improve velocity and quality
Own services from design through deployment, including SLO creation, dashboards, runbooks, and operational readiness
Improve reliability by optimizing system latency, availability, performance, and cost; lead and participate in incident response and postmortems
Develop production AI capabilities including guardrails, prompt and version management, offline and online evaluations, and multi-provider integrations
Build and maintain data and storage systems including vector search (pgvector, Pinecone, OpenSearch), caching, and Postgres/RDS patterns
Implement security and compliance best practices aligned to HIPAA, including RBAC, audit logging, least-privilege access, and secrets management
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript
2+ years of experience operating AI systems in production (agentic workflows, RAG, orchestration, or similar)
Experience with operating in Cloud environments, including the use of containers/Kubernetes (EKS or ECS) and Terraform
Experience designing and operating distributed systems with a focus on performance optimization and deep debugging
Experience with observability systems (metrics, tracing, logging) and on-call ownership
Build core platform services in Python and TypeScript for orchestration, routing, model gateways, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and evaluation pipelines
Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor) alongside tests, linters, and benchmarks to improve velocity and quality
Own services from design through deployment, including SLO creation, dashboards, runbooks, and operational readiness
Improve reliability by optimizing system latency, availability, performance, and cost; lead and participate in incident response and postmortems
Develop production AI capabilities including guardrails, prompt and version management, offline and online evaluations, and multi-provider integrations
Build and maintain data and storage systems including vector search (pgvector, Pinecone, OpenSearch), caching, and Postgres/RDS patterns
Implement security and compliance best practices aligned to HIPAA, including RBAC, audit logging, least-privilege access, and secrets management
Preferred
Experience working in healthcare or other regulated industries, including HIPAA or PHI-handling practices
Experience with LLMOps, including prompt management, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and cost and latency tuning
Experience building or operating model gateways, traffic shaping, multi-provider routing, and caching at scale
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Generous paid time off
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Company
Optura.AI
Optura is an AI orchestration company committed to transforming healthcare by unlocking the full potential of artificial intelligence.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$6.5MKey Investors
Matrix,Susa Ventures
2025-05-20Seed· $6.5M
Leadership Team
Andy Fanning
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Hollis
Co-Founder + President
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