Role Description
JOB DESXRIPTION
HIRING: Forward Deployed Engineer | Healthcare AI | San Francisco
| Salary + Equity | Hybrid | Visa Transfers Supported
Want to build AI agents that are deployed directly inside major health systems — working with physicians and hospital teams rather than sitting behind a product roadmap?
This is a high-ownership, founding-level opportunity at a Series B healthcare AI startup that reportedly 30x’d revenue last year and is already operating across 6M patient records.
You’ll be the critical link between clinical stakeholders → AI agents → production deployment.
Role Details
Position: Full-time Forward Deployed Engineer Location: North Beach, San Francisco, CA Work Model: Hybrid — 4 days in office US Visa: OPT, H-1B transfers and TN supported Stack: Python, Rust, Kubernetes, AWS, FHIR, LLMs, AI Agents, EHR Integrations, Carebricks, React, TypeScript
What You'll Do
Work directly with physicians, hospital IT teams and clinical champions to understand real-world workflows
Translate loosely defined clinical problems into production-ready AI agents
Build, evaluate and deploy agents end-to-end on the Carebricks platform
Monitor deployed use cases and continuously improve agents based on clinical guidelines and operational feedback
Own the full feedback loop — from a physician identifying a problem to getting the production platform fixed, potentially within days
What We're Looking For
3–6 years of experience in full-stack, forward-deployed or similar engineering roles.
Strong Python + React/TypeScript is required.
We’re particularly interested in candidates with at least one strong “peak” signal, such as:
Top CS/STEM university
Rapid progression / fast promotions
Founding or early engineering role at a recognizable startup
Experience at a high-bar engineering organization
experience at companies such as Palantir or Scale AI
Technical Requirements
Python — strong backend development
React + TypeScript — frontend experience
BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or STEM.
Experience building and deploying production software
Nice to have:
Rust Kubernetes / Helm AWS LLMs / AI Agents EHR integrations / FHIR Healthcare or health-tech experience Early-stage VC-backed startup experience
Candidate Profile
Junior archetype (2–3 YOE): High-growth startup, FDE experience at a strong FDE company, or exceptional academic background.
Senior archetype (3–6 YOE): Big Tech → SWE/FDE/founding engineer at a high-growth VC-backed startup, or comparable high-bar experience.
Important: Big Tech experience can work, particularly with a strong academic background and evidence of startup, FDE, or customer-facing deployment experience.
Pay: $180,000.00 - $285,000.00 per year
Application Question(s):
- Must have candidates with at strong “peak” signal, such as:
@ Top CS/STEM university @ Rapid progression / fast promotions @ Founding or early engineering role at a recognizable startup @ Experience at a high-bar engineering organization @ FDE experience at companies such as Palantir or Scale AI
- Must have Technical Requirements :-
@ Python — strong backend development @ React + TypeScript — frontend experience @ BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or STEM @Experience building and deploying production software
- Must have :-
Kubernetes / Helm AWS LLMs / AI Agents EHR integrations / FHIR Healthcare or health-tech experience Early-stage VC-backed startup experience
- Must have
3–6 years of experience in full-stack, forward-deployed or similar engineering roles.
Strong Python + React/TypeScript is required.
Work Location: In person
About Forward Deployed Engineering
Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.
Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.
Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.
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