Wellthy · 14 hours ago
Senior Applied AI Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $180K/yr
7+ years expWellthy is a company dedicated to improving care infrastructure for families, and they are seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to lead the design and development of applied AI solutions. This role involves collaborating with the CTO to drive AI-first transformation and ensuring the safe and reliable implementation of AI systems.
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Responsibilities
Lead design and development of applied AI systems (RAG pipelines, LLM integrations, APIs)
Ensure safe, reliable AI outputs with guardrails, monitoring, and evaluation
Prototype quickly, then scale to production with maintainable code
Mentor engineers on AI best practices and safe adoption
Partner with product and engineering leadership to collaborate on project timelines and scope for AI initiatives
Make effective trade-offs between technical debt and short-term delivery of value
Run experiments and rapidly prototype to quickly assess tools and prospective features
Use AI to effectively deliver high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code, setting standards and best practices for the engineering team
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing and new features and applications
Contribute to the development of foundational AI capabilities, such as RAG/vector-database solutions and agentic workflow solutions
Create solutions for continuously improving AI solutions through monitoring, analytics and user feedback
Support the ability to easily evaluate AI performance against various models and prompts
Troubleshoot and resolve intricate technical issues related to AI implementations
Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering their adoption and appropriate use of AI
Support innovation through researching and assessing the latest AI advances on an ongoing basis
Contribute to comprehensive testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, and continuous integration practices
Develop and maintain documentation of AI solutions and related processes and best practices
Support the production operations of the applications by participating in technical support and release duty rotations
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in software development with at least 2 years of hands-on applied AI/LLM experience
Strong proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks (LangChain, vector DBs)
Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and API-based LLM integration
Have deployed evaluation frameworks for LLMs, with an understanding of performance, reliability, and bias assessment
Strong understanding of risks inherent in AI and approaches for mitigating them
Familiarity with coding workflows using AI
Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset
Excellent communication skills for effective cross-functional collaboration
Experience leading complex projects, demonstrating strong technical leadership
Ability to mentor and guide other engineers
Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with AI trends and advances
Preferred
Strong knowledge of AI security principles and best practices
Experience with frontend design principles and user experience (UX) considerations
Exposure to cloud-native development and containerization
Exposure to agile development methodologies
Prior work in healthcare or regulated domains
Benefits
Remote work environment.
Medical, dental and vision benefits within 30 days of hire.
Retirement saving account with matching company contributions.
Mental health benefits.
15 days paid vacation, two additional days for each subsequent year (up to a maximum of 25 days).
Sick and Caregiving Days.
Professional development initiatives for growth.
Generous parental leave (maternal and paternal) during a new child’s first year (born into family or adopted) and pregnancy loss leave.
Company
Wellthy
Wellthy is a family care concierge service that brings relief to families managing complex or ongoing care situations.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$78.02MKey Investors
Eldridge Industries,Hearst VenturesRethink Impact
2023-05-11Series Unknown· $25.5M
2021-06-28Series B· $37.21M
2020-05-18Series A· $5.62M
Leadership Team
Lindsay Jurist-Rosner
CEO
Kevin Roche
CTO
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