DrFirst, Inc. · 1 day ago
Vice President, Application Development
US-
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $280K/yr
10+ years expDrFirst, Inc. is a Healthcare IT company that has been empowering providers and patients for 25 years through intelligent medication management. The Vice President of Application Development will lead the creation of AI services that streamline healthcare and improve patient outcomes while managing and developing technical teams.
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Responsibilities
Build cool stuff used by 100Ks of doctors daily: Create reusable AI services that streamline healthcare, adding agents where they make sense
Translate weekly advancements in AI: To improve and expand our own medical AI assistant while pioneering the industry next evidence based medical solutions
Evolve Med History: Architect the next generation of medication history capabilities on top of our every expanding data assets
Establish AI development practices: Make AI-augmented development the standard, not the exception. Work with your co-leaders to constantly refine how our products are made
Evangelize internally: Make believers out of skeptics through working demos and tangible results. Sell practical AI transformation to stakeholders
Lead your team: You'll have full hiring authority with an expanding team of engineers, data scientists, and BI developers
Qualification
Required
10+ years in software engineering and data science, with 5+ years leading teams
Proven track record taking AI/ML products from concept to production with measurable business impact
Track record hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing technical teams
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to non-technical executives
ML/LLM production experience: You've shipped ML systems at scale. You understand prompt engineering, RAG architectures, embedding models, speech to text and text to speech, and model evaluation. Hybrid solutions of local and cloud LLM
Event-driven architectures: Real-time processing and making decisions in milliseconds is second nature to you
Cloud infrastructure: Deep AWS experience required, GCP a plus. You know both cloud primitives and managed AI services
Modern AI tools: You actively use AI-assisted development tools. You understand how they change what small teams can accomplish
Technical stack: We work with open source, Java, Python, Kafka, Postgres, AWS and GCP. You work within these guardrails
Technical Depth: You've built systems that process transactions at scale everyday. You know the difference between a demo and an ML/LLM that scales
Hands-on Coding: This is a player-coach role. You should spend 20-30% of your time prototyping with LLMs, writing Python, and demonstrating what's possible before your team scales it
Storytelling & Communication: You translate complex technical concepts into narratives that make executives believe. You can demo something impressive while staying grounded and credible
Emotional Intelligence: You read rooms, inspire teams, and navigate organizational dynamics. High EQ matters as much as high IQ here
Team Development: You'll inherit solid engineering teams and will have the opportunities to grow and mature them
Strategic Thinking: You spot opportunities others miss. You understand where AI creates genuine value versus where it's just noise
Network of Talent: This is critical. When headcount is limited and the market moves fast, you multiply impact through reusable services, smart architecture, AI-assisted development, and building a network of talented people who want to work with you
Executive Presence: You're comfortable presenting at healthcare conferences, meeting with pharma partners, and representing our technical vision externally
Preferred
Healthcare Domain: Nice to have but not required. We'll teach you healthcare if you bring the AI expertise and learning agility
Benefits
Eligible for Company Performance-based Bonus Program, based on individual and company performance
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401K eligible after 3 months of employment, with 50% company match up to first 5% of salary contributed to the plan with a 3-year vesting schedule
HSA for eligible employees enrolled in the HDHP, with a generous company contribution up to $500 for individual coverage and $1000 for family coverage per year
100% company paid short and long-term disability, AD&D, and group life insurance
Accrued annual paid time off (PTO) of 18 days for the first 3 years of service, increasing thereafter and 7 paid holiday days
Employee Assistance Program
Continuing Education funds up to $1500 annually for eligible programs after 1 year of service
Voluntary benefits including FSA, Hospital indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness insurances
Company
DrFirst, Inc.
DrFirst has been transforming medication management for 25 years, helping providers and patients navigate a complex and often fragmented healthcare system.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$202.55MKey Investors
Sixth StreetNCPDPGoldman Sachs
2021-05-11Series Unknown· $50M
2020-01-01Series Unknown· $85M
2019-12-02Grant· $0.05M
Leadership Team
David Samuels
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Lavi
VP DevOps
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